Over 20 arrested at U of Texas anti-Israel protest; Governor: ‘These protesters belong in jail’

Texas State Troopers and other law enforcement personnel monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest against Israel, on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on April 24, 2024. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP)
Texas State Troopers and other law enforcement personnel monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest against Israel, on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on April 24, 2024. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP)

Texas Governor Greg Abbott urges swift punishment after police arrested more than 20 people while dispersing an anti-Israel protest that pro-Palestinian demonstrators held at University of Texas in Austin.

“These protesters belong in jail,” Abbott writes on social media.

“Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.”

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