Last Tuesday was supposed to be bustling with academic activity at Yale University in Connecticut - the first day of school after the break.
In practice, the campus was really buzzing with activity, but of a completely different kind.
We enlisted the help of Claude to tell the story of why school was shut down before it even started.
More than 200 Yale students gathered in the cold and snowy weather that prevailed in Connecticut last week as part of a strike in solidarity with Gaza.
The protest was held under the title "There's no back to school in Gaza", and it was intended to raise awareness that the educational institutions in Gaza are unable to resume normal activities following the war. According to the UN inspectors in the Gaza Strip, over 70 % of the schools in Gaza suffered damages during the war.
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At noon on Tuesday, hundreds of students gathered on Cross Campus for a walkout titled "There is No Back To School in Gaza."
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Therefore, the organizers of the protest declared that "there will be no 'business as usual'" in light of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.
The students stood together in the bitter cold, carrying signs and shouting slogans to condemn the "occupation" and show support for the residents of Gaza.
The speakers claimed to be following in the footsteps of historical figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., and urged Yale to reevaluate her position.
Yale's Palestine Solidarity Coalition presented a list of demands to the university's administration, including public support for a cease-fire, suspension of partnerships denying that Israel is committing genocide, implementation of an "ethical investment policy," funding for "Palestinian studies" and protection of student voices on the issue. Organizers say they sent Letters to express these concerns in the past, but received no response from the administration.They accused the university's president, Peter Salovey, of double standards for condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine but not Israel's military action in Gaza.
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