Gaza protests continue to spread across US

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Students, alumni and other protesters have intensified their protests across the United States by camping at universities in solidarity with the Palestinians killed in the genocide in Gaza.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Cease fire now! Cease fire now! Cease fire now!

00:09 Let's die, you make us cry!

00:11 All our children, sons and daughters!

00:16 No more hiding, no more fear!

00:18 Yes, if you have any issues, please.

00:24 We are here to stay. We will not give up. We won't rest till you divest.

00:30 There is also, we've seen the stories of the scholasticide that's going on in Gaza right now.

00:36 There are no universities left in Gaza.

00:39 And, you know, we as students, we feel for those students who are saying,

00:45 "I was in my third year of university and now I'll never graduate.

00:49 Now my house has been bombed, my university has been bombed."

00:53 And even just as human beings, I honestly, I think the question is,

00:59 "How are more people out here?"

01:02 Destruction of our universities.

01:04 So in all those ways...

01:08 I've seen, in like researching and learning about my own personal family history

01:14 regarding like the Korean War, where 20% of the DPRK's population

01:19 was just eliminated through like a super aggressive firebombing campaign.

01:22 So this feeling like this history is repeating itself,

01:26 and I can't just take that standing down.

01:29 I need to honor the history that I myself come from as well by taking a stand, right?

01:35 By saying no to this, that we must fight for each other to stop genocide,

01:42 to stop the senseless killing of people, to stop crimes against humanity.

01:46 So we're a coalition of tons of different organizations from all across Stanford.

01:50 And in terms of getting materials from all across the Bay Area.

01:53 And we're here once again, fighting for our demands,

01:58 for divestment, for justice for the Palestinian people,

02:01 and for safety of the Palestinian students at Stanford and around Stanford.

02:05 Today is day 203 of genocide for Palestinians in Gaza.

02:19 And nearly 75 years of colonial violence from the apartheid state of Israel.

02:24 And immense anguish for Palestinians everywhere.

02:27 If you are not focusing on the brutal genocide currently happening in Gaza

02:31 and the apartheid system Palestinians are living under in all of occupied Palestine,

02:36 we implore you to do so.

02:38 It is important to remember why we are here.

02:41 Our encampment here at Columbia, and encampments everywhere around the country,

02:45 are part of a larger movement for Palestinian liberation.

02:48 As of now, there are no assurances from the university that no NYPD

02:53 or any other law enforcement, including the National Guard,

02:56 will be brought into the university.

02:58 The students and other protesters are planning on staying here

03:09 until all of the demands have been met,

03:11 which include divesting from anything that has to do with the genocide,

03:16 and also divulging, opening the books, saying what is the funding for this school you go to.

03:23 [Chanting]

03:32 [Silence]

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