Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite American universities as officials scramble to defuse demonstrations.Dozens of students were arrested at Yale earlier, while Columbia University canceled in-person classes.NYU said 50 people were involved in the main encampment outside the business school. It described the protest as unauthorised, saying this disrupted classes.They reported antisemitic incidents, the first day of the Jewish holiday of Passover – becoming just the latest institution to do so.Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Manning, who toured Columbia, said she had seen protesters there calling for Israel’s destruction.
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