TUNISIA STUDENTS JOIN GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR PALESTINE

The global student movement in solidarity with Palestine has received a boost. 

On Monday, 29 April, Tunisian students answered the call for demonstrations. Engaging in sit-ins at the French embassy in Tunis and the capital's municipal theatre, they condemned the French and US role in aiding Israel to k*ll more than 34,000 Palestinians, most of whom have been women and children. They further called for criminalising the normalisation of ties with Israel. So far, Tunisia has not recognised Israel, unlike a few of its North African neighbours, Egypt and Morocco.

The student protests are most visible in the US, where universities have called for police and military crackdowns in response to demands that US universities divest millions of dollars from Israel.