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White House urges 'peaceful' campus protests after hundreds arrested

Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel. [AFP]

The White House insisted Sunday that pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US universities in recent weeks must remain peaceful, after police arrested around 275 people on four separate campuses over the weekend.

"We certainly respect the right of peaceful protests," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC's "This Week."

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