Students at Texas A&M University joined other college students across the country in protesting against the conflict in Gaza on Tuesday.
The afternoon protest in Rudder Plaza was organized by the Texas A&M branch of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (TAMUYDSA). Protestors wearing face scarves and face masks marched around A&M’s campus holding hand-painted anti-Zionist signs while shouting chants against the invasion of Gaza — which began after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas that killed approximately 1,200 Israelis. Since the subsequent Israeli military response, over 30,000 Palestinians are reported to have died in Gaza.
Akkad Ajam, the outreach coordinator for TAMUYDSA, said the protest was part of a series …