Police arrest dozens of people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Yale University. This, hours after Columbia University canceled in-person classes as protesters set up tents at its New York City campus last week.
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00:00 Police arrest dozens of people at a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Yale University.
00:06 This hours after Columbia University canceled in-person classes as protesters set up tents
00:11 at its New York City campus last week.
00:14 Protests at universities across the nation began in response to the escalation of the
00:18 Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
00:20 Student-run Yale Daily News says police arrested more than 45 protesters at the university.
00:26 Columbia President Nemat Shafik says the university was moving to online teaching to "de-escalate
00:32 the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps."
00:35 Police had arrested more than 100 students from Columbia on Thursday for trespassing.
00:40 The students demand that Columbia divest from corporations that profit from Israel actions
00:44 in Gaza and the West Bank.
00:46 (upbeat music)