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Det som fremkommer under demonstrerer tydelig USAs  tvisyn og vakling overfor IDFs framferd i Gaza og Netanyahus politikk.  Nok en gang ser vi studentene protestere mot USAs politikk og ikke minst Biden som taler med to tunger; humanitær hjelp på den ene siden og våpen på den andre. (Red.)

USC president silent after arrest of protesters on campus, LA Times reporter says

From CNN's Kathleen Magramo

University of Southern California President Carol Folt speaks during a press conference on April 5 at Albert J. Centofante Hall of Champions at Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

University of Southern California President Carol Folt has stayed silent as campus tensions skyrocket after Pro-Palestinian protests and arrests, Los Angeles Times reporter Angie Orellana Hernandez said. 

"I'm a bit confused as to why USC President Carol Folt has not spoken about anything of what has been happening on campus. This has been flaring up post-October 7.” Hernandez told CNN’s Anna Coren. 

Hernandez says the Los Angeles Times had repeatedly requested to speak with the university head, to no avail.

Hernandez said it remains unclear what the protesters' plans are because of campus closures, but that they showed that they were "determined to see it through."

Last week, USC canceled the valedictory speech of Asna Tabassum, a first-generation South Asian-American Muslim, citing safety concerns.

That decision sparked a wave of protests and outcry from students.

"Whether or not I planed to speak about Palestine, to speak about any sort of conflict in general, I think is besides the point. The point here is that the university pre-emptively made a decision, not on the basis of safety, but on the basis of potentially other factors that I think impedes on my freedom of expression," Tabassum said.

Some context: Tensions on multiple US campuses were sparked after Hamas' October 7 attack, where militants killed about 1,200 people and took over 200 hostages. Israel's retaliatory assault on Gaza has killed more than 34,000 people, according to the enclave's health ministry.