{"id":6411,"date":"2024-05-02T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:34:21","slug":"australian-students-join-pro-palestine-campus-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=6411","title":{"rendered":"Australian students join pro-Palestine campus rallies \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<span class=\"dateline\">Sydney \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pro-Palestinian students at four Australian campuses say they will permanently occupy university land until their demands for divestment are met. The protests have been called by activists in solidarity with their counterparts in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Australian students say they see themselves \u201cpart of this global wave\u201d of pro-Palestinian activism. The protests have, so far, been peaceful, although some Jewish students say they feel intimidated by the rallies.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Union of Jewish Students in New South Wales state told local media that antisemitism was forcing many of its members to avoid going to classes and many were \u201cscared\u201d to go to campus. In response, protest organizers said that antisemitism had no place in their campaign. A university spokesperson said the protest camp was being carefully monitored and that threatening chants or slogans would not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Sydney, there have been verbal disputes between pro-Palestinian students and others who oppose their actions.<\/p>\n<p>Student activists at four Australian campuses want their universities to divest from all activities that support Israel, as well as a cease-fire and the end of Australian government ties to Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wsw__embed\">\n<figure class=\"media-image js-media-expand\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n<div class=\"thumb\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - A pro-Palestinian protester demonstrates at the University of Sydney to protest the Israel Hamas war, April 24, 2024.\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/01000000-0aff-0242-c361-08dc6a9e776f_w250_r1_s.jpg\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ico ico-fullscreen ico--media-expand ico--rounded\"\/>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<span class=\"caption\">FILE &#8211; A pro-Palestinian protester demonstrates at the University of Sydney to protest the Israel Hamas war, April 24, 2024.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>All four universities told local media they supported the rights of students and staff to protest peacefully in accordance with Australian law.<\/p>\n<p>Antony Loewenstein is a Jewish Australian and author of the best-selling book The Palestine Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that the students support their counterparts in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a lot of Jewish students and others,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There were Muslims, there were Christians. What they are protesting, yes, is partly what is happening in Gaza, of course, in solidarity with students across the U.S. but also the connections between Sydney University and frankly many Australian universities with defense companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have continued at universities across the U.S. and there have been counterprotests by activists supporting Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers have massed in Los Angeles on the campus of the University of California. telling pro-Palestinian protesters to leave or face arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the country could consider a highly conditional recognition of a Palestinian state. The Canberra government would expect a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, the return of Israeli hostages held by the militant group Hamas, and the exclusion of Hamas from any future Palestinian government as preconditions for recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/australian-students-join-pro-palestine-campus-rallies-\/7594848.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney \u2014\u00a0 Pro-Palestinian students at four Australian campuses say they will permanently occupy university land&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australian students join pro-Palestine campus rallies \u00a0\u00a0 - International 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