College students across US face arrest over pro-Palestinian protests

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Concerns about threats to Jewish students and faculty are being cited as a reason for harder crackdowns on demonstrators.

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00:00 Pro-Palestinian protests at US universities are becoming increasingly tense.

00:07 Police made dozens of arrests while trying to dismantle camps set up at New York University in Yale.

00:14 The protest, in solidarity with Palestine, ended up spilling over onto the streets of New York.

00:21 On the West Coast, California, State Polytechnic University was forced to close due to protests,

00:28 with classes being held remotely.

00:32 At Berkeley, dozens of students set up tents and demonstrated in solidarity with the protests taking place all over the country.

00:39 At the University of Minnesota, a group of student protesters demanded that the institution investigate and abandon any partnership with Israel.

00:48 Since the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas,

00:52 universities have tried to maintain a balance between security and civil liberties, which is becoming increasingly harder to maintain.

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