Protesters had been camped out for days, demanding that their schools end financial ties with Israel.

Students in the U.K., France and Mexico have sought to erect what many of them call "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement.

New York Police Department officials on Friday shared photographs of anti-Israel materials handed out at New York University including the phrases "Death to America" and "Long Live the Intifada."

The NYPD has made arrests at two New York City schools and is now requesting assistance to disperse what it calls an "illegal encampment" set up by Pro-Palestinian protesters.