The news has led some to question the influence of pro-Israel interests over local leaders as municipalities throughout the United States have employed police departments to repress pro-Palestine demonstrators.
The pro-Palestinian protests breaking out across college campuses across the US are among the most important things to happen in decades, former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter told Radio Sputnik on Tuesday.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said he was troubled by “a series of heavy-handed steps” taken by some universities in the United States to disperse and dismantle Gaza war protests.