Thousands more high school students walked out of classrooms in Dearborn, Michigan Friday to protest Israel’s response to last week’s Hamas terrorist attack.
“Free, free Palestine!” they chanted, according to Detroit News reporter Jakkar Aimery, along with, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” and “Allahu Akbar.”
Student-led chants reverberated on school grounds as their demands could be heard:
“Free, free Palestine!”
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”
“Allahu Akbar,” the Arabic phrase for “God is great.”@detroitnews pic.twitter.com/0JR8lucv1Y
— Jakkar Aimery (@WordsByJakkar) October 20, 2023
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Thousands of students walked out of Dearborn high schools Friday to stage a pro-Hamas protest.
This was outside Edsel Ford High School: pic.twitter.com/QwPTlLSI3D
— The Midwesterner (@Th_Midwesterner) October 20, 2023
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Thousands of students walked out of Dearborn high schools Friday to stage a pro-Hamas protest, reportedly chanting "Allahu Akbar."
Here, they chant "From the ground to the sky, I support Palestine" outside Edsel Ford High School: pic.twitter.com/kYkubViYmp
— The Midwesterner (@Th_Midwesterner) October 20, 2023
Thousands of students walked out of Dearborn high schools Friday to stage a pro-Hamas protest, some reportedly chanting "Allahu Akbar."
Here, they chant "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free": pic.twitter.com/RbQMx99RmQ
— The Midwesterner (@Th_Midwesterner) October 20, 2023
Hundreds of students walked out of Fordson High School Thursday.
“We’re all united. We’re all for Palestine, and that we can all support without the fear of getting in trouble,” a student told WXYZ.
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“We can’t stay silent. We cannot stay silent about what’s going on in Palestine,” another said.
Videos showed students chanting, “Biden, Biden, you can’t hide, you signed off on genocide.”
🇺🇸🇵🇸Students have organized a walkout at Fordson High School chanting “Free Palestine”#USA #Michigan #Palestine #Israel #PalestineIsraelwar #PalestinianLivesMatter #GazaCity #GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/4WrK6HH5AE
— Attentive Media (@AttentiveCEE) October 19, 2023
The Detroit News reported nearly 400 students took part.
School administrators didn’t seem to care about the defiant act.
“They exercised their First Amendment rights, exited the school and walked around the building and came back in for second and third hour,” district spokesman David Mustonen told the News. “There were no issues. The students were outstanding and very well behaved and very respectful. They all returned to class.”
Other video showed students standing outside the school with some continuing the anti-Biden chants. A large group of students rode atop a car through the parking lot:
NOW: Students have organized a walkout at Fordson High School @Fordsontractors
They are chanting “Free Palestine”
Students tell me this is a Pro-Palestine rally and are calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war@CBSDetroit #Palestine #Walkout #IsraelHamasConflict pic.twitter.com/2BQGWsLj5D
— Jordan Burrows (@jordan_burrows) October 19, 2023