PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO RESUME IN-PERSON CLASSES

NEW DELHI: The University of California is all set to resume offline classes from Monday after being shifted online due to clashes on campus between pro-Palestinian protesters and police, according to college authorities.

Protests against Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza have rocked US campuses for weeks, triggering crackdowns, mass arrests, and a White House mandate to restore order.

"The campus will return to regular operations (on Monday)... and plans to remain this way through the rest of the week," a statement posted on Sunday on the university's website said.

"A law enforcement presence continues to be stationed around campus to help promote safety," it added.

The demonstrations are part of a broader push to protest what they see as injustices in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, aligning with wider protests across the country following Israel’s offensive in Gaza triggered by a Hamas attack on southern Israel.

Protests spread worldwide in solidarity with Palestine

As US universities echoed with the chants of "free, free Palestine", pro-Palestine protests spread to several countries. Student activists have organized protests at various universities, setting up temporary encampments on campus grounds. The protesters are calling for their schools to sever connections with universities in Israel and businesses that financially benefit from the ongoing conflict.

In Paris, France, law enforcement personnel removed demonstrators who were participating in a sit-in at Sciences Po, resulting in the arrest of 91 people.

Law enforcement officials took action on Friday to remove demonstrators who had gathered near Humboldt University, situated in the heart of Berlin.

In various Canadian cities, including Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver, students have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

More than 2000 arrests made so far

At least 200 individuals were detained at UCLA on Thursday, increasing the total number of arrests worldwide to more than 2,000 across dozens of college campuses since police removed an encampment at Columbia University in mid-April, according to an AP tally.

Over the previous two weeks, more than 1,000 protestors have been arrested on campuses in Texas, Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Louisiana, California, and New Jersey, some following clashes with riot police.

'Not an example of peaceful protest': Whitehouse condemns violent protests

Calling it an "absolutely the wrong approach", Whitehouse condemned the standoffs at Columbia and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, where demonstrators took two buildings before officers with batons intervened overnight and arrested 25 individuals.

Officials said that the total damage to the northern California school would be more than $1 million.