As police dressed in riot gear removed protesters from an occupied academic building at Columbia University in New York City Tuesday night, students demonstrating on campuses at Boston-area colleges remained in place at their encampments protesting Israel’s military action in Gaza.
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.