The American University of Columbia has postponed until midnight today (4:00 am in Lisbon) the deadline for the withdrawal of pro-Palestinian students from the campus, occupied to protest against the war in Gaza, it announced.

Columbia University Postpones Divestment From Pro-Palestinian Groups

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"Negotiations are ongoing and are proceeding as planned," the office of the president of New York University said in a statement.

Hundreds of American college students are occupying campuses in protest over the war in Gaza, demanding that the United States immediately halt all trade with Israel or any company that supports the conflict. The demand echoes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a decades-old campaign against Israel's policies toward the Palestinians that has gained new traction as the war between Israel and the Islamist militant group Hamas has dragged on for more than six months. The students are calling on their universities to divest from any companies that contribute in any way to Israel's military efforts in Gaza and even in the country as a whole. According to the president's office, police have not been called in and negotiations are ongoing. "We have our demands, they have theirs," the office said in a statement. "They call us terrorists, they call us violent. But the only tool we have is our voice," one student at a pro-Palestinian rally, who gave only her first name, Mimi, told Agence France Presse. The American pro-Palestinian student movement, which has spread across U.S. campuses, began about a week ago at Columbia University in New York, but has since expanded to some of the nation's most prestigious schools, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Inspired by the ongoing protests and the arrests of more than 100 Columbia students last week, students at colleges from Massachusetts to California are setting up encampments and vowing to stay until their demands are met. The protests have been organized by student groups, often local chapters of organizations such as Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace. The various groups have acted independently, though there has been some coordination. Administrators at several universities say they want to engage with the students and support their right to free speech, but they also have expressed concern that some of the protesters' words and actions have been anti-Semitic and have alienated many Jewish students. The protests on U.S. campuses began shortly after a deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel on July 7 that killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took captive two Israeli soldiers. In the ensuing Israeli retaliation, more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians but says that more than two-thirds of the dead are women and children.

See also: Entre 80 a 100 mil palestinianos chegaram ao Egito desde início da guerra (Portuguese version)

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