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UT student divestment calls: What does it mean? How much funding is at stake?
North Texas students have joined the national pro-Palestine movement across college campuses, and the call for their universities to divest. So how much money does the UT System invest in companies that facilitate war and what would it take to divest those interests?
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Campus protesters are calling for divestment. Here's what that means
Pro-Palestine demonstrations continue on college campuses — including here in North Texas. One major demand is that universities stop investing in Israel, or companies that do business there. But what does ‘divestment’ mean? NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman has more.
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Pro-Palestinian protestors wait to be released from jail
Tense moments on the campus of UT Dallas on Wednesday after DPS officers in riot gear cleared an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat was at Collin County Jail, where protesters are waiting for detainees to be released.
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Police remove demonstrators and encampments from UT Dallas campus
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are facing off with law enforcement at the University of Texas at Dallas. NBC 5 crews have been on the ground and in the air since just after 4 p.m. Officers in riot gear were taking down tents and apprehending protestors
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Arrests made during protest at UT Dallas
Protests over the Israel-Hamas war at the UT Dallas campus have lasted for over 12 hours. Law enforcement is present, and several students have been arrested as officers dismantled an encampment. NBC 5 reporters Maria Guerrero and Vince Sims are on site to report on the situation.
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Demonstrations continue at UT Austin
Wednesday could be another tense day in austin where officials are bracing for another rally on the UT campus. The first ended with dozens of arrests during a demonstration supporting Palestine in the Israel-Hamas war. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more in Austin.
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NYPD moves in on demonstrators at Columbia University
NYC police officers have arrested pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University. The university is threatening expulsion. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has more.
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pro-Palestinian protestors walk out at University of North Texas
Tension is rising on college campuses nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war. Students at the University of North Texas walked out of class Tuesday as part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration. There was concern it could escalate. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan shows what happened.
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Protestors against Gaza war arrested at UT Austin
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested in Austin after refusing police orders to break up a makeshift encampment at the University of Texas. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans reports that those protestors remain behind bars, and people have gathered at the Travis County Jail to demand release.
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UTD students protest war in Gaza alongside other student bodies
As many cram for finals, more than 100 University of Texas at Dallas students instead spent the day lining the front hall of the university’s administration building, hoping to make their voices heard.
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Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses escalate across the country
Protests across the United States resulted in some major changes ahead of the end of the school year. More than 100 UT Dallas students were among the voices calling on university officials to hear their demands. They spoke with NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards.
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Hateful graffiti found outside Dallas councilwoman's home
More condemnation over antisemitic graffiti that appeared outside the home of a Dallas city council member over the weekend. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more on this latest incident.
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Antisemitic graffiti found on Dallas councilwoman's home
A Dallas City Councilmember is concerned after someone spray-painted antisemitic graffiti at her home. Cara Mendelsohn says it reminded her of warnings from her grandparents, who escaped the holocaust. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff has the story.
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Police investigating antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Dallas city councilwoman's fence
Police are investigating after Cara Mendelsohn, elected to represent District 12 in Far North Dallas on the Dallas City Council in May 2019, posted about graffiti sprayed on her fence.
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‘Baby killer': Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Dallas city councilwoman's fence
A Dallas city councilwoman shared photos Sunday after discovering what she considered to be hateful, anti-Jewish symbols and language scrawled across her North Dallas fence in red ink on Saturday.
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13 arrested after blocking Dallas Love Field entrance during Gaza war protest
Police arrested over a dozen protestors blocking the entrance of Dallas Love Field against the Gaza war on Monday evening.
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North Texas religious leader hunkers down amid escalating conflict in Israel
North Texas faith leader Reverend George Mason joined NBC 5 for a conversation via Zoom from his hotel room on the west side of Jerusalem.
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North Texas pastor seeks to return home amid Israel-Palenstine war
The eyes of the world are watching Israel as conflict escalates. A North Texas faith leader joined us via Zoom from Jerusalem while desperately searching for opportunities to return home. NBC 5’s Candace Sweat has the story.
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Israeli military raid leaves at least two Palestinians dead in West Bank, officials say
Israel has been carrying out stepped-up military raids, primarily in the northern West Bank, for the past year and a half in what it says is a campaign to root out Palestinian militants and thwart future attacks
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At least 6 Palestinians killed in latest fighting with Israel in the West Bank, officials say
The deadly violence between Israel and the Palestinians over the last year and a half has surged to levels unseen in the West Bank in some two decades.