Gaza protests continue to spread across U.S and abroad
STORY: Tensions flared in front of Paris' prestigious Sciences Po university, as student protests over the war in Gaza spread further on Friday.
Riot police arrived to ease tensions after pro-Israeli protesters came to challenge pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Some pro-Palestinian students had been occupying a university building overnight, demanding the institution condemn Israel's actions.
Hicham is a master’s student at Sciences Po:
“When we see what's happening in the United States, and now in Australia, we keep going and we hope that it'll take off in France too, because universities really have a role to play in what's happening in Palestine and the genocide which is underway."
The protest in Paris echoed similar demonstrations on U.S. campuses.
On Friday, close to 200 protesters gathered at George Washington University, a few blocks from the White House, carrying "Free Palestine" posters and chanting slogans.
Meanwhile in New York, Columbia’s embattled president Minouche Shafik has come under renewed pressure on Friday, as a university oversight committee met to address her attempt two weeks ago to clamp down on protests that have roiled the Ivy League school and spread across the country.
