US university students protesting Israel's war in Gaza have vowed to continue occupying school grounds despite increasing efforts by university leaders and police to clear up the demonstrations.
As protests that began at Columbia University in New York spread outside the United States, protesters across the country are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say enable Israel's nearly seven-month war on Gaza, which claimed at least 34,388 lives. people and 77,437 others.
The decision to call in the police to remove the protesters led to hundreds of arrests at various universities. They also got faculty members at universities in California, Georgia and Texas to initiate or pass largely symbolic votes of no confidence in their leadership.
But the tension is piling pressure on school officials, who are already trying to resolve the protests with graduation ceremonies set for next month.