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Police are breaking up a protest against the Israel-Hamas war at Northeastern University following similar breakups at other Greater Boston universities including Emerson and Tufts.
More than 700 protesters have been arrested on US campuses since April 18, when Columbia University had the New York Police Department clear a protest encampment there.
More than 200 protesters were arrested Saturday at Northeastern University, Arizona State University, Indiana University and Washington University in St. Louis, according to officials, as colleges across the country struggle to quell growing pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments on campus.
Tensions flared at a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Northeastern University in Boston late Friday night into Saturday morning, as demonstrators prepared for the possibility of a police intervention and counterprotesters raised an Israeli flag near the camp.
An encampment at Northeastern University is being cleared. Campus officials reported the use of "virulent antisemitic slurs."