Around 200 pro-Palestinian students blocked access to the Sciences Po institute in Paris today, after other actions in recent days to demand a political and academic reaction to the Israeli military operations against Gaza, which they describe as "genocide".

Pro-Palestine student protest halts Paris university

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17:52 - 26/04/24 por Lusa

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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a central building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, better known as Sciences Po, hung posters reading "We are all Palestinians" and chanted slogans from the building's windows.

At the beginning of the afternoon, the students voted to continue their protest and around 4:00 p.m. local time, tensions rose with the arrival of around 50 pro-Israel protesters wearing masks and helmets, shouting "Free Sciences Po" and "Free Gaza from Hamas". The police separated the two groups, with no violent incidents between the supporters of either side. With this blockade, the pro-Palestinian protesters aim for "a condemnation of the genocide in Gaza and also an investigation to end agreements with Israeli universities and companies that materially or ideologically support the genocide in Gaza", said Louise, a student who spoke to the press on site with her face covered. In addition, the protester complained that the institute's management is not listening to the students. Sciences Po, founded in 1871, is known for being the university where part of the French ruling elite was educated, with former students including French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, for example. The university administration ended up closing all its buildings on Friday and adopted the 'online' class regime. In a statement, the administration declared that it "strongly condemns these student actions that prevent the institution from functioning properly and penalize Sciences Po students, teachers and staff" and added that the administrators were meeting with a delegation of students "to try to find a way out of this situation through dialogue". "Debate, yes. Blockade, no", reacted the French Minister of Higher Education, Sylvie Retailleau. This action, in "solidarity (...) with the Palestinian people", was inspired by similar demonstrations at universities in the United States (USA), according to Louise. The pro-Palestinian protest takes place two days after the police interrupted another demonstration, of more than 100 students, in the university amphitheater, outside one of its campuses in Paris. For Louise, it was this police operation that further inflamed tempers and strengthened the determination of the protesters, who believe that the country "should not be an accomplice" and should "stop sending weapons to Israel, which is what France is doing at the moment". At the beginning of the afternoon, the protesters received the support of Franco-Palestinian lawyer Rima Hassan, seventh on the list for the June European elections for the radical left party France Insoumise (LFI), who stated that the protesters "carry the honor of France". Both Rima Hassan and LFI MP Mathilde Panot were called by the police to give statements as part of an investigation into "apology for terrorism", following a statement by the party regarding the attacks by the Islamist group Hamas in Israel on October 7, which were the origin of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza. In the US, Columbia University students are on their tenth day of protests against the war between Israel and Hamas, in one of several demonstrations that are shaking university campuses from California to Connecticut. Hundreds of students and even some teachers have already been arrested following these protests in the United States, sometimes in confrontations with the police. Read Also: Columbia University postpones withdrawal of pro-Palestinian students (Portuguese version)

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