Gatherings of people across north and central Gaza on Wednesday expressed gratitude to students on US college campuses who have been protesting the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n
In Deir al-Balah, in front of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, doctors, nurses, and medical staff held signs with messages that included \u201cUnited against genocide,\u201d \u201cThe killing of children must stop,\u201d and \u201cTeep on fighting for justice.\u201d <\/p>\n
Palestinians in Gaza have been showing support for the US protesters for several days. In several refugee camps in the Palestinian enclave on Wednesday, children could also be seen holding signs and banners with the names of different American universities where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held, saying \u201cthanks for your solidarity!\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cArab populations haven\u2019t cared about us, while students at American universities have felt with us, have felt the blood that spills from us, our buildings that get struck and our kids whose lives get destroyed \u2026 a thousand thanks to them,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
The public appreciation from people in Gaza come amid growing controversy in the US over the campus demonstrations, which have spread across the country in recent weeks amid mounting tensions over Israel\u2019s war on Hamas, launched after the terror group\u2019s October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 dead. <\/p>\n
The protests in the US are broadly aimed at demanding an end to Israel\u2019s devastating assault in the Palestinian enclave, which has killed more than 34,000 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry, and is nearing its eighth month. <\/p>\n
But critics say some demonstrations have crossed the line into anti-semitism. Israel has claimed the protests are being manipulated by \u201coutside agitators.\u201d <\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan denounced the university demonstrations in a speech to the General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Erdan accused the demonstrations of being made up of \u201cantisemitic protesters affiliated with outside agitators.\u201d He said the students should face expulsion, while university professors and presidents should face \u201cswift and severe action.\u201d <\/p>\n
The speech in the General Assembly followed a Security Council vote last month on a resolution that would have recognized a Palestinian state. That vote was vetoed by the US. <\/p>\n
Erdan lashed out at his UN colleagues, accusing the General Assembly of spreading anti-Israel rhetoric which he claimed had helped galvanize the protesters. He yelled \u201cshame\u201d toward the countries seated in the hall. <\/p>\n
Several colleges have recently hardened their stance by calling in law enforcement to clear their campuses \u2013 a crackdown hailed by former US President Donald Trump as \u201ca beautiful thing to watch\u201d at Columbia University in New York. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Shiraz university in Iran\u2019s Fars province has offered scholarships to students from universities in the US and Europe who are expelled over the protests. <\/p>\n
Additional reporting by Artemis Moshtaghian and Richard Roth<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gatherings of people across north and central Gaza on Wednesday expressed gratitude to students on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}