turning to the Middle East Israeli air strikes continued today in central Gaza hitting the courtyard of a hospital there just hours after a temporary pause was lifted that allowed healthcare workers to vaccinate Palestinian children for polio it was recently detected in the Wastewater in Gaza meanwhile International mediators are finalizing a new ceasefire proposal even as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands firm that he won't give up control of gaza's border with Egypt that been a lynchpin in the negotiations the lack of a deal has propelled Mass protest throughout the streets of Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel where residents are demanding the Israeli government do what it can to bring home the remaining 90 hostages out of Hamas captivity here in New Jersey pro-israel and pro Palestinian demonstrations are also Reviving specifically on college campuses like at Princeton University where students occupied parts of the campus last spring in opposition to the war as Ted Goldberg reports protesters are back better organized and ready for the Long Haul Princeton's campus was quiet today but it might not stay that way protesters calling for divestment from Israel reappeared this week months after their encampment ended the school says it hasn't implemented major changes to how students can protest but some don't see it that way this is not um unique to Princeton universities across the country are trying to suppress the powerful student in father that started on campuses last spring on Princeton's website a new section says you may be wondering whether Princeton's policies relating to protests and demonstrations will change in light of last year's activity the short answer is no in a few areas we have clarified policies to provide additional detail that will help all members of our community understand expectations the clarification says protests may not disrupt ordinary activity and they can't happen on Canon green where signs have been put up all around the fact that they have changed their policies is a sign that they are scared and that they are threatened by the power of our activism and the power of the student in Father across the country there is a list of things that are directly T pulled from from actions that we did in last year so this is clearly in response not only to the events of the last year but prop Palestinian organizing in particular and we're here not only to say that we're committed to this cause and to keep fighting but to call them out for their hypocrisy I think this is like the continual suppression of people speaking out and students who are morally outraged speaking out against a genocide that's happening that's funded by our university in the United States ainia shivalingam is one of the protesters who was arrested on day one of the encampment last school year she's facing a charge for trespassing and says if police gave her a warning to take down her tent she didn't hear it there was a lot of chanting a lot of of protesting happening and so it was hard to hear what was happening but essentially the officers were walking from tent to tent and they eventually came to the tent that I was building and they started throwing pieces of paper at me which obviously I was building a tent I couldn't stop and like I I didn't know what was happening and within like within I want to say 30 seconds they arrested me she was allowed to graduate even after being banned from campus for a month shivlingam says Princeton's new policies go against Free Speech the end of apartheid in South Africa wasn't some sort of heartwarming story with um with a lot of people who just knew what was right it happened because not only was there political leadership but there was also calls on campuses University campuses we know that this University valorizes historical developments that would never have happened without protest and would never have happened without protest in these very same locations Princeton isn't alone in responding to these protests over at Ruckers tents and camping are now prohibited on campus and its chapter of students for justice in Palestine has been suspended a second time for what the school says is a violation of its probation I think it's a scare tactic they want to make students who are here on this campus right now fear arrest fear um standing up and protesting in solidary with Gaz the protests for divestment have also led to counter-protesters this week Princeton students who support Israel have sent a letter to the group of Princeton leaders charged with deciding on divestments the university bar for divestment is campus consensus Community consensus and we turned in a letter with 1,279 signatures that sure as hell is not consensus maximilan Meyer leads tigers for Israel a pro-israel group at Princeton he has a few issues with the call for divestment part of which is what it doesn't say 66 Page Long document that makes no mention of the terrorist organization Hamas the hostages including American hostages who remain in Gaza as the school year goes along we can expect more protests at Princeton and Statewide while schools issue new rules or clarifications of old ones in Princeton I'm Ted Goldberg NJ Spotlight News [Music]