Australia news live: police allege juveniles arrested in Sydney terror raids have ‘religiously motivated violent extremist ideology’
by Elias Visontay (now) and Emily Wind (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#6M9R1)
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Inspired by similar protests in the United States, students from Sydney University established a protest on the quad in support of Palestine last night, stating they will remain until the uni cuts ties with Israeli universities and weapons manufacturers".
In the US, dozens of students have been arrested at pro-Palestine demonstrations at Yale University and New York University amid similar protests:
For six months now, we have watched bombs rain down on Gaza. These bombs hit their civilian targets because of the research carried out by universities like Sydney University... Students have a responsibility to stand up and refuse to be complicit in genocide.
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