Clashes erupted early Wednesday at a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California, Los Angeles, while in New York City, police cleared a pro-Palestinian protest site at Columbia University where demonstrators had taken over a campus building. At UCLA, counter-demonstrators supporting Israel repeatedly threw objects and tried to dismantle barricades erected by the pro-Palestinian group, which is seeking to have the university divest from Israel. University officials declared their protest unlawful and in violation of school policy. The protesters and counter-protesters initially were kept apart from each other late Tuesday, but the situation turned more violent in the early morning hours as the counter-protesters shot fireworks, advanced on the camp barricade and repeatedly launched objects at the protesters. There were small clashes between the two sides in front of the barricade, and while police deployed to the area at the request of university leaders, officers did not immediately separate the two sides. The scene was calm by daybreak. In New York, police entered Columbia after the school said it requested help. A tent encampment on the school’s grounds was cleared, along with Hamilton Hall, – Read more