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According to AFP on March 13, hundreds of activists and supporters of a Jewish organization in the United States that strongly supports the Palestinian cause suddenly attacked the Trump Building in New York on the 13th, accusing the US president of suppressing freedom of speech.
According to reports, these people responded to the call of the “Jewish Voice of Peace Organization” and surrounded the heavily guarded Trump Building near noon. They sang in unison “Down with the Nazis, not the college students”, and later some people broke into the hall by force.
New York police said 98 people were arrested. After noon, Trump Building returned to calm. The demonstrators were protesting the arrest of a pro-Palestinian person at Columbia University over the weekend. The police’s move caused a nationwide response and aroused the anger of defenders of freedom of speech.
On a banner at the demonstration on the 13th, the slogan can be seen: “Release Mahmoud, Palestine wants freedom!” This is related to the fact that Mahmoud Khalil is still detained and may be deported. The young man is a spokesman for a student organization at Columbia University that opposes the Gaza war.
“It’s chilling to think that you could be caught on the street and deported from the country for expressing your political views on this conflict overseas,” said James Schamus, a professor at Columbia University.
