US college protests flare as police detain anti-Israel protesters, Netanyahu calls demonstrations 'shameful'
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US college protests flare as police detain anti-Israel protesters, Netanyahu calls demonstrations 'shameful'

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Amid a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests in several colleges in the United States, police bulldozed into student protesters at a Texas university on Wednesday, arresting over a dozen people including a local news photographer. VIDEO: Tempers flare between pro-Palestinian protesters and police at university rally in Los Angeles Protesters surrounded a vehicle where at least one protester had been detained by police and chanted, "Let him go, let him go." READ: Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel Netanyahu calls protests shameful Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on US college campuses in a video statement released Wednesday, saying the response of several university presidents has been “shameful” and calling on state, local and federal officials to intervene. At New York University this week, police said 133 protesters were taken into custody, while over 40 protesters were arrested Monday at an encampment at Yale University.

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