144-599: Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses started in 2023 and escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries , as part of wider Israel–Hamas war protests . The escalation began after mass arrests at the Columbia University campus occupation , led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel over its alleged genocide of Palestinians . In
288-498: A conspiracy theory that George Soros or some other anonymous figure was funding the protest encampments by buying the same brand of tents for many protesters. In fact, the similar appearance of many encampment tents was due to online retailers' discounts and promotions of particular products. In fall 2024, chants such as "Divest!" and "Ceasefire now!" reportedly evolved in a direction more explicitly endorsing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. Some protesters used slogans such as "Glory to
432-412: A kitchenette , electricity connections and communication infrastructure, and is protected by a blast door . The IDF also released CCTV footage that appears to show two of the hostages being led in the hospital's corridors, as well as Hamas and stolen IDF vehicles in its courtyard. During the 1980s, Israel expanded the hospital with functional basements for maintenance and administration purposes; and
576-668: A walkout at the University of Chicago 's graduation ceremony, and walkouts at graduations occurred at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and elsewhere. In April, a pro-Palestinian student group won elections in the University of Michigan's student government. In August, the student government voted to freeze its funding for student clubs until the university met student activists' divestment demands. On April 28, Portland State University (PSU) announced it
720-402: A " Palestine exception " to academic freedom. Pro-Palestinian students and their allies have raised concerns about anti-Palestinianism and Islamophobia . Investigations by the U.S. Department of Education have been opened at Columbia, Emory University, the University of North Carolina, and at Umass Amherst over their administrations' response to student protests and advocacy since the start of
864-460: A Democratic Society was set up at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on April 30. Late on May 2, sixteen demonstrators, including eight students were arrested by University Police and charged with trespassing. On May 15, a vigil and protest was held at Florida Atlantic University . The same day, a protest was held at Florida International University . On May 17, protesters at
1008-600: A Hamas military compound exists under the hospital. In response, Mouin Rabbani , a Middle East analyst, said, "Israeli forces have invaded Shifa Hospital and been inside it for 12 full hours – having refused any independent party to accompany them – and now we're supposed to believe that there were Hamas militants in there being pursued by the Israeli military but they somehow left their weapons behind?" Political analyst Marwan Bishara said: "It's kind of baffling. Why would Hamas leave
1152-437: A Palestinian projectile echoed similar – and unresolved – claims and counterclaims following munitions that hit the courtyard of another Gaza hospital, Al-Ahli, nearly a month ago. The evidence reviewed by The Times from Al-Shifa points more directly to strikes by Israel – whether on purpose or by accident is unclear," the report said. The IDF has said that it is targeting Al Shifa Hospital due to its use by Hamas, and that there
1296-639: A Qatari brokered five-day ceasefire deal had been reached. The deal would have included a five-day ceasefire in exchange for the stepwise release of female and child hostages in small groups. The U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson wrote on X (formerly Twitter): "We have not reached a deal yet, but we continue to work hard to get to a deal". IDF tanks completely surrounded the Indonesia Hospital in Gaza after heavy fire using artillery weapons against it, around 12 Palestinians were killed in clashes around
1440-651: A United Nations-run school in the Jabalia refugee camp. According to the Gaza Health Ministry , the attack killed 15 people and wounded dozens more. According to UNRWA , at least one strike hit the schoolyard, where displaced families had set up their tents. The Gaza Ministry of Health said another Israeli missile strike on the entrance to the Nasser Children's Hospital killed two women. According to White House officials, efforts to evacuate foreign nationals through
1584-714: A counter-protester at Auburn University assaulted a pro-Palestinian protester shortly following a protest. On April 26, dozens gathered to protest on the Old Main lawn at Arizona State University in Tempe. Campus police announced several people were arrested "for setting up unauthorized encampment, in violation of university policy and the ABOR Student Code of Conduct." On April 27, the Arizona State University Police Department arrested 69 protesters after
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#17328511607921728-506: A day in advance of their scheduled commencement ceremony. On April 25, members of the University of Arkansas Students for Justice in Palestine organization delivered a letter to the school's administration, calling for action in response to the war. A protest was held in Conway, Arkansas on May 1. Around 50-60 people gathered at Hendrix College before marching to Conway City Hall. This
1872-486: A deal with university officials. The strike was in part a protest against arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA , UC Irvine , and UC San Diego . The UC system responded by seeking an injunction against the union, declaring the walkout illegal. On May 23, the California Public Employment Relations Board denied the injunction. The walkout extended to UCLA and UC Davis on May 28, with
2016-400: A hunger strike to call attention to the university's investment in weapons manufacturers profiting off of the war in Gaza. On April 15, a separate group of student protesters, under the name "Occupy Beinecke", unsuccessfully attempted to erect a bookshelf reading "Books, Not Bombs" on Beinecke Plaza and maintained a daytime occupation of the plaza for the rest of the week. On April 19, during
2160-511: A minimum of 1,139 largely non-combatant individuals killed, Israel declared war against Hamas. Israel moved to mobilize 300,000 reservists and began to move armor close to the border with the Gaza Strip in the aftermath. Included in the amassing of armor were Namer armored personnel carriers and Merkava tanks. Before the raids, Israel had told the UN that the more than a million people living in
2304-460: A network of tunnels was part of this construction. According to Israel, Hamas eventually appropriated the complex, then expanded it with its own system of tunnels and bunkers. Multiple sources concluded that evidence did not demonstrate the use of the tunnels by Hamas as a command center. A group of 31 premature babies were evacuated from al-Shifa hospital to southern Gaza. The White House denied reporting from The Washington Post that
2448-454: A number of universities have cut ties with Israeli institutions, or companies involved with Israel and its occupied territories . The occupations have also resulted in the closure of Columbia University , Cal Poly Humboldt , and the University of Amsterdam ; rolling strikes by academic workers on campuses in California ; and the cancellation of a few university graduation ceremonies in
2592-498: A number of universities have cut ties with Israeli institutions, or companies involved with Israel and its occupied territories . The occupations have also resulted in the closure of Columbia University , Cal Poly Humboldt , and the University of Amsterdam ; rolling strikes by academic workers on campuses in California ; and the cancellation of a few university graduation ceremonies in the U.S., with protests occurring at various ceremonies. Over 200 groups have expressed support for
2736-448: A press conference called the campus occupation movement a "student intifada ", a term echoed by protesters at George Washington University , Stanford University , Indiana University Bloomington , as well as Palestinians in Gaza, while calling for an escalation in protests. Protesters have identified a wide range of other ideologies motivating them, such as antiracism , intersectionality , anti-colonialism , anti-imperialism , policing,
2880-510: A protected category. Columbia classified the use of the term "Zionist" to refer to Israelis or Jews as a form of harassment. At Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, students who used bullhorns during their protest faced expulsion from the university due to a new policy against "loud chanting". In August 2024, Carnegie Mellon University updated its policy to require protests, rallies, and other expressive events of more than 25 people to register
3024-399: A protest was held at Northern Illinois University . Hundreds of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students rallied on April 24 to demand the university divest from BlackRock . On April 26, the university announced that the group had 30 minutes to remove its tents. After 45 minutes, one person who was not a student was arrested for interfering with university staff's attempt to take
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#17328511607923168-651: A result of the invasion, South Africa instituted proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), charging that Israel was committing genocide and requesting that the ICJ render provisional measures of protection . Other accusations include the deliberate targeting of civilians and starving the population of Gaza by Israel, and the use of human shields and holding of Israeli hostages by Hamas. After Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas launched an attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 which saw
3312-422: A send-off dinner for university president Peter Salovey in the abutting Schwarzman Center, Occupy Beinecke launched a three-day tent encampment on the plaza until April 22 when police arrested 48 protesters on charges of trespassing. Yale administrators claimed that arrests were because students failed to leave after a warning that the protest posed "a safety violation". A letter signed by 300 Yale faculty stated
3456-520: A stash of weapons and explosives; what appears to be a motorbike with a bullet hole on its side; and water, ventilation and sewage infrastructure that the IDF said were improvised in preparation of coming hostages. According to The New York Times , the origins of the weapons shown in the video could not be independently verified. Charles Lister, Director of the Counterterrorism and Extremism Program at
3600-504: A strike because the university unfairly changed policies and discriminated against students who were exercising their right to free speech and created an unsafe work environment by allowing attacks on protesters. The authorization did not guarantee a strike, but allowed the executive board to call one at any time. Strike action began at UC Santa Cruz on May 20. Union members and leaders said they were not teaching or grading, were withholding data, and would continue to do so until they reached
3744-617: A student leader's statement that "Zionists don't deserve to live". Within Our Lifetime leader Nerdeen Kiswani, who arrived at the Columbia encampment in April, has called for Palestine liberation "'by any means necessary', including armed resistance". Her group was formed from CUNY SJP . The group targeted the Brooklyn Museum in May 2024, and one of its representatives shouted for Zionists to leave
3888-504: A subway train in June 2024. Protesters have criticized Joe Biden and his administration's support for Israel . The protests have hosted teach-ins , interfaith prayer , and musical performances. Some protests invited people to tour or speak, such as Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza , who was invited to and visited Columbia's protest. The Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour said, "These young people are reaffirming and demonstrating that
4032-409: A unique strategy that combined escalations at their encampment and negotiations with administrators. Rather than accepting that negotiations could continue only if escalation ceased, organizers escalated their protests and then offered to cease that escalation in exchange for other concessions during negotiations, improving their bargaining position. Though their encampment was ultimately swept by police,
4176-807: Is a command center underneath the facility, with U.S. officials stating that their intelligence confirms Israel's conclusions that Hamas is operating out of hospitals in Gaza. A day earlier, the EU issued a joint declaration condemning Hamas for its use of hospitals and civilians as " human shields " in Gaza. A number of countries and international organizations condemned what they called Hamas' use of hospitals and civilians as human shields. IDF soldiers carried boxes into al-Shifa, labeled in English and Arabic as "medical supplies" and "baby food". In an interview with Al Jazeera , an emergency room employee said that Israel "did not bring any aid or supplies", while another contact within
4320-479: Is a list of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in California in 2024 since protests escalated at the Columbia University campus occupation on April 17. Campus protests initially spread the following week to Cal Poly Humboldt , UC Berkeley , and USC . On April 25, encampments and protests spread further to multiple universities; UCLA . UC Santa Barbara , UC Irvine , Stanford , and at Sonoma State
4464-570: The Armstrong Campus in Savannah . A protest was held at Georgia State University on May 3. On May 8, protesters at Morehouse College demonstrated against President Biden in response to his scheduled commencement speech at the university. Several protesters from neighboring Spelman College were also present. On April 22, students at Loyola University in Chicago held a protest. On April 30,
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4608-613: The Athens University Law School are facing deportation as of May 27. As students returned to campus in fall 2024 after a wave of protests in the spring, many universities strengthened their restrictions on student protests and political activities, including limits on where and when protests could occur, and prohibitions on student encampments. More than 100 colleges and university systems tightened their rules about protests on their property. Several schools have banned camping on their grounds, required protesters to register with
4752-516: The Brandeis Center suggested this may have affected university administrators' willingness to impose discipline. Participants include students, faculty, and unaffiliated people of various backgrounds, including both Jews and Muslims. Pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia have said that their movement is anti-Zionist , and several campus protests have been organized by anti-Zionist groups. According to The Jerusalem Post , protesters at Harvard in
4896-505: The Columbia University campus occupation , led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel over its alleged genocide of Palestinians . In the U.S. over 3,100 protesters have been arrested, including faculty members and professors, on over 60 campuses. On May 7, protests spread across Europe with mass arrests in the Netherlands . By May 12, twenty encampments had been established in
5040-594: The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and University of California, Irvine . On May 20, the first strike by academic workers took place on campuses in California at UC Santa Cruz , followed by UC Davis and UCLA on May 28. Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses started in 2023 and escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries , as part of wider Israel–Hamas war protests . The escalation began after mass arrests at
5184-543: The Gaza Strip and its war conduct , which some called a genocide . Students occupying administrative buildings were arrested at the request of college administrators at Brown University in November and December 2023, and at Pomona College on April 5, 2024. In March 2024, after protesters occupied the president's office at Vanderbilt University , the university suspended students and expelled three. These were "believed to be
5328-534: The Hamas-led attacks on Israel , it began bombing the Gaza Strip ; on 13 October, Israel began ground operations in Gaza , and on 27 October, a full-scale invasion was launched. Israel's campaign has four stated goals: to destroy Hamas , to free the hostages , to ensure Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel, and to return displaced residents of Northern Israel. More than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since
5472-714: The International Court of Justice 's ruling that Israel has violated the Genocide Convention . At 5:30 am, about 70 students set up 25 tents at University Yard. The campus police arrived at 6 am and informed them that they were only allowed to be on campus between 7 am and 7 pm. Around noon, 200 students took part in a rally. At 1 pm, 150 more marchers arrived at the encampment. At 2:30 pm, counter-protesters arrived. Protesters were joined by Howard University , George Mason University , University of Maryland, Baltimore County , and Gallaudet University students. The Washington Post reported that
5616-880: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Tufts University —began occupying campuses, as well as experiencing mass arrests in New York and at Yale. Protests emerged throughout the U.S. in the following days, with protest camps established on over 40 campuses. On April 25, mass arrests occurred at Emerson College, the University of Southern California , and the University of Texas at Austin . A continued crackdown on April 27 led to approximately 275 arrests at Washington , Northeastern , Arizona State , and Indiana University Bloomington . Several professors were among those detained at Emory University , and at Washington University in St. Louis , university employees were arrested. On April 28, counter-protests were held at MIT,
5760-480: The Metropolitan Police Department rejected an April 26 request from GWU officials to clear the site. By April 28, the encampment had spread past the barricaded University Yard into the surrounding streets. On May 8, police, using pepper spray, cleared the encampment at George Washington University, arresting 33 people. On April 24, a protest organized by the "UF Divestment Coalition" took place at
5904-470: The Middle East Institute , said the IDF footage "clearly indicated" that the basement was a bomb shelter . Mohammed Zarqout, a local official responsible for Gaza's hospitals, said the basement was a shelter for women and children. The IDF also presented a calendar that they said was found under the hospital marking the days since 7 October, with the title " Operation Al-Aqsa Flood ". Israel said
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6048-525: The New College of Florida 's graduation ceremony chanted "Free Palestine" and booed the commencement speaker, billionaire Joe Ricketts . The school said it had filed five conduct violation complaints against graduates. Students at the Georgia Institute of Technology held a pro-Palestine rally on April 24. The next day, students at Kennesaw State University participated in a walkout. A second walkout
6192-503: The New York City Police Department (NYPD) to enter the campus on April 18 and conduct mass arrests. A new encampment was built the next day. The administration then entered into negotiations with protesters, which failed on April 29 and resulted in the suspension of student protesters. The next day, protesters broke into and occupied Hamilton Hall , leading to a second NYPD raid, the arrest of more than 100 protesters, and
6336-514: The University of Colorado Denver , Community College of Denver , and Metropolitan State University set up an encampment at the Tivoli Quad on the shared Auraria Campus . Police detained several protesters. Protests were also held at other colleges in Colorado. On April 29, rallies were held at Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado . On April 30, protests were held at
6480-454: The University of Denver and Colorado State University Pueblo . On May 1, a die-in was held at the University of Colorado Boulder and a walk-out was held at Colorado College . An encampment was set up at Colorado College on May 2. On May 9, an encampment was set up at the University of Denver. On May 10, a protest was held at Colorado Mesa University . On May 15, police issued citations for trespassing, interference and disturbing
6624-766: The University of Florida and University of South Florida filed federal lawsuits. Pro-Palestinian students were also doxxed by Accuracy in Media at Harvard , Columbia, and Yale University . American intelligence assessments concluded that Iran had covertly supported the protests using social media by posing as students with operatives providing financial assistance to some protest groups in an attempt to stoke division, but Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said that U.S. citizens were protesting "in good faith" and that this intelligence "did not indicate otherwise". Qatar reportedly contributed $ 4.7 billion to U.S. academic institutions between 2001 and 2021; Kenneth Marcus of
6768-547: The University of Michigan , Northeastern University , the University of Illinois Chicago , Indiana University , Virginia Commonwealth University , the University of Wisconsin-Madison , the University of North Carolina , and the University of California, Berkeley . After demands from protesters, the University of Vermont canceled its graduation ceremony speaker, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield . On June 1, students staged
6912-471: The University of Minnesota on May 1; Rutgers University on May 2; Goldsmiths, University of London and University of California, Riverside on May 3; Thompson Rivers University on May 4, the University of California, Berkeley on May 14; Additionally, Wesleyan University allowed encampments on campus to continue, and at the University of Barcelona , the Senate voted to break ties with Israel. On May 15,
7056-556: The University of Pennsylvania , and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). On April 30, approximately 300 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York ; and pro-Israel counter-protesters attacked the UCLA campus occupation , The following day over 200 arrests were made at UCLA. Hundreds of arrests ensued in May, notably at the Art Institute of Chicago , University of California, San Diego ,
7200-452: The University of Pennsylvania , and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). On April 30, approximately 300 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York ; and pro-Israel counter-protesters attacked the UCLA campus occupation , The following day over 200 arrests were made at UCLA. Many of the protests involve student demands that their schools sever financial ties to Israel and companies involved in
7344-449: The University of Rochester campus. Some of the posters accused a Jewish faculty member of ethnic cleansing and contributing to the displacement of Palestinians; others accused a faculty member of racism, hate speech, and intimidation. University President Sarah Mangelsdorf called the incident an act of antisemitism. Pro-Palestinian protesters and their allies have criticized the disposition of many university administrations as perpetuating
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#17328511607927488-420: The University of Vermont 's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine sued the school after an interim suspension of the group continued into its fifth month. At Cornell, a graduate student with U.K. citizenship was suspended without due process and threatened with deportation for participating in a demonstration outside Statler Hotel where a job fair that included recruiters from weapons manufacturing companies
7632-650: The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, agreed to protesters' demands to factor human rights into its investment decisions. In late August 2024, San Francisco State University began the divestment process from four weapons manufacturers involved with the war. The next month, the MIT Coalition for Palestine announced that MIT would discontinue its MIT-Lockheed Martin Seed Fund, a program that financed collaboration between MIT and Israeli universities. The Coalition said this
7776-646: The "second phase of the war has begun". The IDF advanced on three fronts: from the northeast near Beit Hanoun , from the northwest near Beit Lahia , and from the east near Juhor ad-Dik . Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), described as "deeply concerning" reports from the Palestine Red Crescent Society with smoke and dust, prompting staff to give breathing masks to some patients. Around 14,000 civilians were believed to be sheltering in or near
7920-650: The Al-Shifa hospital, making it increasingly difficult to reach. Later in the day, Hamas said that Palestinian militants clashed with Israeli tanks in Salah al-Din Street in Gaza and forced the IDF to retreat. The Institute for the Study of War also said that Israel withdrew from the road. The IDF blocked the Salah al-Din Road , a major thoroughfare connecting the northern and southern parts of
8064-688: The District of Columbia, with encampments, occupations , walkouts or sit-ins occurring on almost 140 U.S. campuses as of May 6. Protests have also taken place in more than 25 countries . Demonstrations initially spread in the United States on April 22, when students at several universities on the East Coast —including New York University , Yale University , Emerson College , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Tufts University —began occupying campuses, as well as experiencing mass arrests in New York and at Yale. Protests emerged throughout
8208-620: The Emory community saying that "chemical irritants" were necessary for crowd control due to direct assaults of officers. On 27 April, faculty placed themselves between police and students, leading Representative Ruwa Romman to say, "it never should've been necessary". On April 29, police arrested 16 people at an encampment at the University of Georgia . On May 1, a protest was held at Mercer University . The next day, protests were held at Georgia Southern University 's main campus in Statesboro and
8352-491: The Gaza Strip, according to its two primary telecom providers Jawwal and Paltel . Internet and telecom services were restored after Israel reportedly agreed to allow the delivery of 140,000 liters of fuel into the Gaza Strip every two days following a request by the U.S. to do so, consisting of 20,000 liters to be delivered to Jawwal and Paltel to maintain telecom and internet service and 120,000 liters for water desalination, sewage pumping, food production and hospitals. It
8496-557: The Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks were also seen in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. A local resident told AFP that the Israelis "have cut the Salah al-Din road and are firing at any vehicle that tries to go along it." Witnesses reported, and a video showed, an Israeli tank firing on a taxi with a white flag on its roof that had attempted to turn around. An Israeli military spokesman said "The IDF
8640-480: The Israeli operation began, including more than 7,800 children and 4,900 women, with another 10,000 people missing and presumed dead under the rubble of destroyed buildings. There are allegations that Israel has committed war crimes and genocide during the invasion. By mid-December, Israel had dropped 29,000 munitions on Gaza, destroying or damaging 70 percent of homes, destroying hundreds of cultural landmarks, and damaging dozens of cemeteries. Experts say that
8784-572: The Israeli television series Fauda . Beneath the Rantisi Hospital in Gaza, IDF forces found a room where Israeli hostages are believed to have been held. The calendar found in the room marked the days since 7 October Massacre with the title "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood", Hamas's name for their horrific attack on Israel. The IDF published a video which they said showed that Hamas had a facility under Al-Rantisi Hospital , and that Israeli hostages were likely hidden there. The video showed, among others,
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#17328511607928928-467: The Palestinian flags and reinstate U.S. flags to their original positions. Most universities facing encampment protests in the spring attempted to negotiate a settlement and disbandment of the encampments with student leaders, often threatening police sweeps to force an agreement. In some cases, the end of the school year allowed administrators to reverse course on agreements they had negotiated, such as at
9072-680: The Plaza of the Americas at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Nine people were arrested at another protest on April 29. A protest was held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on April 26. An encampment was set up on May 6. A planned encampment on Landis Green at Florida State University in Tallahassee lasted only a few minutes on April 25 before being disbanded by university police and
9216-474: The Rafah border crossing were temporarily hindered by Hamas's refusal to allow anyone to leave, until a certain number of its own wounded were also allowed to leave. Hamas said that within the last two days they had destroyed 24 Israeli vehicles, including a tank, an APC, and a bulldozer with anti-armour weapons. Turkey recalled its ambassador to Israel "in view of the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by
9360-403: The U.S. Biden administration was planning to send $ 320 million worth of " Spice Family Gliding Bomb Assemblies", a type of precision guided weapon fired by warplanes, to Israel. Under the deal, weapons manufacturer Rafael USA would send the bombs to its Israeli parent Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for use by the Israeli defense ministry. Netanyahu said the IDF would control Gaza after
9504-584: The U.S. in the following days, with protest camps established on over 40 campuses. On April 25, mass arrests occurred at Emerson College, the University of Southern California , and the University of Texas at Austin . A continued crackdown on April 27 led to approximately 275 arrests at Washington , Northeastern , Arizona State , and Indiana University Bloomington . Several professors were among those detained at Emory University , and at Washington University in St. Louis , university employees were arrested. On April 28, counter-protests were held at MIT,
9648-985: The U.S. over 3,100 protesters have been arrested, including faculty members and professors, on over 60 campuses. On May 7, protests spread across Europe with mass arrests in the Netherlands . By May 12, twenty encampments had been established in the United Kingdom, and across universities in Australia and Canada. The protests largely ended as universities closed for the summer. The different protests' varying demands include severing financial ties with Israel, transparency over financial ties, an end to partnerships with Israeli institutions, and amnesty for protesters. Universities have suspended and expelled student protesters, in some cases evicting them from campus housing. Some universities have relied on police to forcibly disband encampments and end occupations of buildings, others made agreements with protesters for encampments to be dismantled, and
9792-576: The U.S., with protests occurring at various ceremonies. Over 200 groups have expressed support for the protests, as well as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders , various members of Congress , several labor unions , hundreds of university staff in the United Kingdom, and Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei . The police response to the protests has been criticized by some Democrats and human rights organizations. An estimated 8% of college students have participated in protests, 97% of protests have remained nonviolent , and 28–40% of Americans support
9936-638: The United Kingdom, and across universities in Australia and Canada. The protests largely ended as universities closed for the summer. The different protests' varying demands include severing financial ties with Israel, transparency over financial ties, an end to partnerships with Israeli institutions, and amnesty for protesters. Universities have suspended and expelled student protesters, in some cases evicting them from campus housing. Some universities have relied on police to forcibly disband encampments and end occupations of buildings, others made agreements with protesters for encampments to be dismantled, and
10080-589: The University of Chicago campus. On May 7, police cleared the University of Chicago encampment. On April 30, an encampment was set up at DePaul University . Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023%E2%80%93present) Per Israel: Per Al-Qassam Brigades: Per Yedioth Ahronoth: Per the US: Per Israel: The Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip is a major part of the Israel–Hamas war . Starting on 7 October 2023, immediately after
10224-461: The University of Oregon, Northwestern, and Rutgers New Brunswick. Many universities initially initiated disciplinary proceedings against protesters, accusing them of breaking student codes of conduct. Students at NYU were required to write "coerced confessions of wrongdoing" in order to have disciplinary charges against them dropped. Graduate student Dan Zeno was among more than 20 students MIT suspended for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. He
10368-463: The administration in advance of any demonstrations, and banned the wearing of masks. Cornell professor Risa Lieberwitz called the nationwide trend toward increased restrictions on campus protests "a resurgence of repression on campuses that we haven't seen since the late 1960s". Case Western Reserve University limited permitted demonstrations to two hours during the daytime in a single location. The Middle East Studies Association said that although it
10512-535: The anonymity gives greater license for evading consequences. Protesters have expressed fears of having reputational and professional harm from identification. Several protests have been criticized for alleged antisemitism . Some students have called some of the incidents reported at protests and on campus "threatening" and said they make them feel unsafe. Jewish students were targeted for their faith, for wearing Jewish symbols , or were accused of being Zionists and subsequently targeted. Some Jewish students have also said
10656-478: The area. However, aid groups stated that the time window was too short to evacuate the one million people, and lack of electricity in Gaza hampered the ability of electronic communications regarding the evacuation to reach Gazans. Israel had dropped leaflets in Gaza City containing the evacuation order, in addition to electronic communications. On 21 October 2023, the Israeli army dropped more leaflets in Gaza with
10800-569: The building while besieging it. On 20 November the IDF released video footage of what appears to be a weapons manufacturing facility hidden behind a false wall inside the basement of a mosque in Zeitoun, Gaza . IDF soldiers also discovered weapons, explosive devices, a drone, and a vertical tunnel shaft inside the building. The IDF moved its frontline to encircle the Jabaliya refugee camp where they are battling Palestinian militants and attempting to control with IDF forces getting more equipment for
10944-500: The calendar was a list "where every terrorist writes his name", but fluent Arabic speakers called this claim " propaganda ", and that the words in Arabic only spelled out the days of the week. The New York Times published a report by its Visual Investigations team contradicting claims by the IDF that civilian deaths and damage at the al-Shifa Hospital had been caused by stray Palestinian projectiles. The report concluded instead, "some of
11088-434: The campus library. At Columbia, protesters shattered windows during their occupation of Hamilton Hall. Police and city workers destroyed students' tents, flags and other encampment supplies while disbanding the encampment at the University of Pennsylvania . At George Washington University , protesters defaced a statue of its namesake, President George Washington . The statue was wrapped with Palestinian scarves and flags, with
11232-474: The conflict, as well as an end to U.S. military support for Israel, as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Some protests have also demanded that the universities sever academic ties with Israel, support a ceasefire in Gaza, and disclose investments. Student demands have varied among the different occupations, including for universities to stop accepting research money from Israel that supports
11376-477: The context of the broader Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States . The protests began on April 17, 2024, when pro-Palestinian students established an encampment of approximately 50 tents on the university campus, calling it the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, and demanded the university divest from Israel . The first encampment was dismantled when university president Minouche Shafik authorized
11520-494: The continuing attacks by Israel against civilians, and Israel's refusal (to accept) a ceasefire." President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters he held Netanyahu personally responsible for civilian deaths in Gaza and said that he was "no longer someone we can talk to". Abu Obaida , the spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades , reported that due to Israeli air strikes, the bodies of 23 missing Israeli hostages were buried under
11664-624: The counter-protesters supported by far-right activists across the country. Experts have raised concern about far-right groups attempting to infiltrate protests to cause harm, and subsequent reactions from militant far-left activists aligned with the anti-fascist movement . Concern has been raised over the presence of outside groups at protests. During arrests in New York on May 2, police announced that nearly half of those arrested at Columbia and CCNY were unaffiliated with either school. Mayor Eric Adams said that they had seen evidence that outside agitators and "professionals" such as Lisa Fithian and
11808-468: The deaths of 16 soldiers, 15 inside Gaza and one outside of Palestinian territory. On 2 November, IDF had completely surrounded Gaza City, which began the siege of Gaza City . Al-Qassam Brigades showed footage of the destruction of an Israeli Merkava tank after its fighters used an Al-Yassin 105mm rocket-propelled grenade to neutralize its Trophy protection system . A UNRWA spokeswoman confirmed reports that Israel had conducted an airstrike against
11952-518: The decision to charge the students "contradicts the institution's commitment to uphold free assembly, speech and expression". On April 28, more than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters organized a "March for a Free Palestine" from the New Haven Green through Yale's campus. That same day, another group of protesters erected a second, short-lived encampment on Cross Campus that was cleared by police with no arrests on April 30. On April 25, an encampment
12096-462: The departure of patients and displaced persons from the hospital. Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi said that Arab troops would not go into Gaza to assume control after the war. The IDF released footage of an underground tunnel under al-Shifa. The tunnel, which is 160 meters long and 10 meters deep, passes directly under the Qatari building of the hospital; it has air-conditioned rooms, bathrooms,
12240-452: The encampment within three hours of its establishment. Tasers on restrained students and tear gas were used to arrest at least 20 students. Caroline Fohlin , the chair of Emory's philosophy department, was one of the arrested. A video of police using a taser on a restrained protester at Emory went viral, but vice president of public safety Cheryl Elliott said the person did not appear to be associated with Emory. Elliot also sent an email to
12384-399: The expulsion of the three students leading the charge; video footage showed students forcibly entering the building and pushing past a guard into a door frame, injuring them. The guard was out of work for two weeks as a result of injuries. The students denied using violence, calling their protest peaceful. At Portland State, protesters damaged computers and furniture during their occupation of
12528-756: The first student expulsions over protests related to the Israel-Hamas conflict", according to The New York Times . This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in 2024 since protests escalated on April 17, beginning with the Columbia University campus occupation . As of May 6, student protests have occurred in 45 out of 50 states in the United States , and the District of Columbia, with encampments, occupations , walkouts or sit-ins on almost 140 campuses. A series of occupation protests by pro-Palestinian students occurred at Columbia University in New York City from April to June 2024, in
12672-429: The following day. On April 29, encampments were set up at San Francisco State , Sacramento State , UC Riverside , and Occidental College ; and at UC San Diego and at the University of San Francisco on April 30. In May, United Auto Workers local labor union authorized a stand-up strike against the University of California (UC) system alleging unsafe labor practices and violations of civil rights against
12816-522: The full dismantling of the camp. The arrests marked the first time Columbia allowed police to suppress campus protests since the 1968 demonstrations against the Vietnam War . On May 31, a third campus encampment was briefly established in response to an alumni reunion. Demonstrations initially spread in the United States on April 22, when students at several universities on the East Coast —including New York University , Yale University , Emerson College ,
12960-502: The guns and not anything else?" Jeremy Scahill said, "I've seen more guns in the homes of ordinary Americans than in this purported Hamas Pentagon under al-Shifa Hospital." The next day Israeli forces demolished the Hamas parliament building in Gaza City. Netanyahu had said in an interview with CBS that the Israeli government had "strong indications" that hostages were in al-Shifa, which
13104-556: The hospital according to the Gaza Health Ministry . Around 700 people, including the injured and medical staff, were inside the facility when the IDF surrounded it. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, responded on X (formerly known as Twitter) saying he was "appalled" by the Israeli forces and their actions against the Indonesia Hospital by keeping the injured and medical staff inside
13248-483: The hospital told the BBC that Israeli soldiers had supplied water to elderly patients. Several hours later, the IDF said it had found weapons in al-Shifa, indicating the presence of a command center. The IDF released a video that it said showed grenades, automatic weapons and flak jackets recovered from the hospital. John Kirby , a U.S. government official, said that the U.S. remained confident in its previous assessment that
13392-421: The hospital. The al-Quds hospital had received an urgent evacuation warning along with a notice that it was "going to be bombarded". He reiterated that it was "impossible to evacuate hospitals full of patients without endangering their lives". Israeli airstrikes targeted the area around the hospital, filling parts of the building. Associated Press reported that Israeli airstrikes also destroyed roads leading to
13536-458: The impact of climate change , and Indigenous rights . At Columbia, protesters who breached Hamilton Hall wrote Maoist revolutionary slogans (" Political power comes from the barrel of a gun ") on blackboards. One group involved in the protest movement, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, has grown more supportive of Hamas and the October 7 attacks over the course of 2024, retracting its apology for
13680-595: The intention of expanding to UC Santa Barbara , UC San Diego, and UC Irvine starting the week of June 3. Some of the protests are organized by groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace , founded in 1996 as a progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization; IfNotNow , founded during the 2014 Gaza War ; and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which has over 200 North American chapters. In late 2023, SJP chapters were banned or suspended at Brandeis University , Columbia University , and Rutgers University . In Florida, chapters were ordered to disband. In response, SJP chapters at
13824-641: The message: "Urgent warning! To the residents of Gaza: your presence to the North of Wadi Gaza is putting your lives at risk. Anyone who chooses not to evacuate from the North of the Gaza Strip to the South of the Gaza Strip may be identified as a partner in a terrorist organization." On 13 October 2023, the IDF sent armored vehicles and infantry into the Gaza Strip, stating that their goals were to attack Hamas fighters and to rescue hostages that had been abducted to Gaza by Hamas. The operation, according to Israeli officials,
13968-723: The military occupation in Palestine and ongoing genocide in Gaza, namely Cisco , Lockheed Martin , Caterpillar and General Electric ". Pro-Palestinian protesters demanded that the University of Washington cut ties with Boeing . Students at the University of Vermont demanded the cancellation of a planned commencement speech by Linda Thomas-Greenfield . After several mass arrests, the demands have also included amnesty for students and faculty who were disciplined or fired for protesting. The protests on many campuses are created by coalitions of student groups, and are largely independent, but some have claimed that they were inspired by other campus protests. All have disavowed violence. In April 2024,
14112-416: The military, and an end to college endowments investing with managers who profit from Israeli entities. Student protesters called on Columbia University to financially divest from any company with business ties to the Israeli government, including Microsoft , Google , and Amazon . NYU Alumni for Palestine called on New York University to "terminate all vendor contracts with companies playing active roles in
14256-414: The munitions were likely fired by Israeli forces", based on video and satellite evidence and an examination of weapons fragments collected and verified by The Times and analyzed by experts. Moreover, two of the most severe strikes analyzed by The Times hit upper floors of the maternity ward and did not appear to be aimed at underground infrastructure. "Israel's assertion that Al-Shifa was actually hit by
14400-502: The next day. On May 31, after an investigation was conducted, Ghent University in Belgium cut ties with Israeli universities and research institutions, referencing "concerns regarding connections between Israeli academic institutions and the Israeli government, military, or security services". The university had severed ties with three Israeli institutions two weeks earlier, citing incompatibility with Israel's human rights policy. On June 11,
14544-509: The next night in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. Internet and mobile phone services in Gaza were nearly cut off. On the evening of 27 October, the IDF launched a large-scale ground assault on the towns of Beit Hanoun and Bureij in the Gaza Strip. Shayetet 13 , a commando unit of the Israeli Navy , carried out a strike on Hamas naval forces overnight. An Israeli Skylark II drone
14688-414: The north half of the Gaza Strip should evacuate within a 24-hour window. In response, Hamas instructed those residents to stay put. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had urged around 1.1 million civilians to leave North Gaza so they would not be hurt or caught in crossfire, and Israeli officials said that the window was left at 24-hours to reduce the time for Hamas to conduct military preparation in
14832-494: The occupations resulted in the closure of Columbia University and Cal Poly Humboldt for the remainder of the semester, and faculty members in California, Georgia, and Texas also initiated votes of no confidence . Columbia, Cal Poly Humboldt, and the University of Southern California canceled their graduation ceremonies due in May. On May 13, the University of Amsterdam closed for two days after renewed occupations on campus. In May, protests at graduation ceremonies occurred at
14976-413: The participants' names with the university in advance. Columbia suspended its due-process procedures for student discipline, notifying several dozen students charged with disciplinary infractions that scheduled interviews related to their cases were being skipped and they would be fast-tracked into conduct hearings. This came after renewed congressional pressure and a subpoena on university records related to
15120-419: The peace to 22 protesters who refused to leave buildings at Auraria. On May 17, campus officials announced that all buildings would be locked at 6pm on Friday. Protesters scattered their tents across campus, saying: “This whole campus is now an encampment.” On April 12, at Yale University , ahead of the university's Bulldog Days, when admitted freshmen would be visiting, a group of graduate students conducted
15264-505: The police as long as it remains nonviolent. On May 1, an encampment was set up at Trinity College in Hartford . On May 7, a protest rally was held at Connecticut College . A walkout occurred at American University in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2024. On April 25, students from Georgetown University and George Washington University established a joint encampment in response to
15408-449: The prosecutions, as did contributions by pro-Israel lobbyists to Nessel's election campaigns. List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024 This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024 since protests escalated on April 17, beginning with the Columbia University campus occupation . Student protests have occurred in 45 out of 50 states and
15552-624: The protest encampment at Harvard University ended after the administration agreed to discuss the protesters' demands and to rescind the suspension of 20 students. At California State University , Sonoma State campus president Mike Lee was placed on leave after he agreed to pursue divestment from Israel "without the appropriate approvals". On May 23, the University of Sydney became the first Australian university to accept certain demands. The university agreed to further disclose research grants, subject to confidentiality requirements, in order to increase transparency. Students at The New School attempted
15696-590: The protestors, in which most tents would be dismantled in exchange for the reestablishment of an Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility and increased inclusivity efforts on campus. On April 26, students from the University of Chicago , the School of the Art Institute of Chicago , Columbia College Chicago , and Roosevelt University held a protest march and called for the universities to cut ties with Israel. Three days later students established an encampment on
15840-558: The protests are not antisemitic. The Guardian noted that incidents of antisemitism appear to be "relatively isolated" and likelier to occur when non-students are in a parallel protest. Pro-Palestinian student groups at the protests have been quick to condemn inflammatory remarks. Some pro-Palestinian Jewish students have said they have faced antisemitism from pro-Israel activists. Some commentators and politicians, including Mayor Eric Adams , U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx , and NYPD deputy commissioner of operations Kaz Daughtry, promoted
15984-433: The protests created a climate of fear and hate on campus. According The Jewish Post , a survey by Hillel of Jewish students at universities with encampments found that most of them felt unsafe due to encampments. 72% of respondents wanted them dismantled and 61% considered language used at the protests antisemitic. The U.S. Department of Education concluded that University of Michigan and CUNY failed to assess whether
16128-436: The protests made the environment hostile. Supporters of Israel and some students have said that the word " intifada ", the phrase " from the river to the sea ", and chants comparing Israel and Zionism to Nazism are antisemitic. Others, including Jewish students, have argued against conflating antisemitism with anti-Zionism, saying the charge is used to chill debate. Pro-Palestinian and Jewish student protesters have asserted that
16272-489: The protests with 42–47% opposed. The protests have been compared to the anti-Vietnam and 1968 protests . The pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Alabama took place on May 1 from 4 to 6:30pm at the UA Student Center. Hundreds of protesters showed up on the pro-Palestinian side, with around a hundred of so counter-protesters holding Israeli and American flags. The demands of the pro-Palestinian protesters
16416-694: The protests with 42–47% opposed. The protests have been compared to the anti-Vietnam and 1968 protests . Supporters of Israel and some Jewish students have raised concerns about antisemitic incidents at or around the protests, prompting condemnations of the protests from leaders including President Joe Biden , Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte , and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ; as well as concern from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak . Students and faculty members who have participated in
16560-457: The protests, as well as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders , various members of Congress , several labor unions , hundreds of university staff in the United Kingdom, and Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei . The police response to the protests has been criticized by some Democrats and human rights organizations. An estimated 8% of college students have participated in protests, 97% of protests have remained nonviolent , and 28–40% of Americans support
16704-441: The protests, many of whom are Jewish, have said the protests are not antisemitic. Protests, including rallies, demonstrations, campaigns, and vigils related to the Israel–Hamas war have occurred across the U.S. since the conflict's start on October 7, 2023 , alongside other Israel–Hamas war protests around the world. Pro-Palestinian protesters criticized U.S. military and diplomatic support for Israel and Israel's invasion of
16848-634: The protests. UCLA introduced new regulations on campus protests that restrict "public expression activities" to areas around Bruinwalk and outside Murphy Hall. The new restrictions also ban tents and camping equipment, food distribution, amplified sound, and chalk, and require people on campus to identify themselves when asked to do so by a university official. Ahead of the fall semester, the University of California and California State University systems instituted broad new policies prohibiting encampments, barricades, overnight encampments, disguises, disruptions and restrictions on free movement. In September 2024,
16992-540: The resistance!", called the October 7 attacks "Al-Aqsa flood", celebrated Yahya Sinwar , and used the Hamas inverted red triangle. Aidan Herzlinger, vice president of Baruch College 's Hillel chapter , said students attending a Hillel banquet at the college were called "baby killers" and "terrorists". Columbia University Apartheid Divest withdrew the apology it made in spring 2024 for a member who said "Zionists don’t deserve to live." In November 2024, hundreds of posters depicting faculty members as "wanted" were spread across
17136-676: The rubble. IDF reported that 29 soldiers had been killed, and one severely wounded, during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Israeli missile attacks targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza City, hitting the Al-Nasser Children's Hospital, eight people were killed and dozens more were injured according to Al Jazeera . Human Rights Watch called for a weapons embargo against both Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups, accusing them of committing war crimes against civilians. The Wall Street Journal reported that
17280-851: The scale and pace of destruction in Gaza is among the most severe in recent history. A severe humanitarian crisis has developed, with healthcare on the brink of collapse, shortages of food, clean water, medicine and fuel due to the blockade, electricity and communications blackouts, and the UN warning of potential famine . It was widely reported that there is "no safe place in Gaza", as Israel struck areas it had previously told Palestinians to evacuate to. Nearly all 2.3 million Gazans have been internally displaced and 250,000 to 500,000 Israelis were internally displaced, while Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians and said it lost 353 additional soldiers in its invasion as of 13 October 2024. The widespread civilian deaths have led to accusations of war crimes against both Israel and Hamas. As
17424-435: The sweep led to backlash and condemnation by faculty and deans and required a day-long shutdown of the campus. Students at The New School secured the formation of an advisory investment committee and a subsequent trustee vote on investment in the fall. On May 15, members of United Auto Workers Local 4811, the union representing 48,000 graduate students on 10 campuses in the University of California system, voted to authorize
17568-456: The tents down. On April 25, students at Northwestern University established an encampment on the south campus of the school's Evanston campus. Several dozen students started the encampment; and the crowd grew to over 1,000 by Thursday evening. In response to the protests, the university declared an interim addendum to the student code of conduct prohibiting tents from being erected on campus. On April 29, Northwestern made an agreement with
17712-448: The tide is shifting on Palestine, that the Palestinian people have solidarity not just across the United States of America, but across the world". Far-right agitators and white nationalists have been seen at some protests seeking to sow chaos and violence, and at the UCLA campus occupation , where they were among pro-Israeli counter-protesters who attacked the encampment. A white supremacist affiliated with Proud Boys has been among
17856-560: The unauthorised encampment was established on campus. On April 25, a protest was held at the University of Arizona in Tucson . An encampment was set up on April 29. On April 30, an encampment was set up at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff . Within the same night, the university and Flagstaff Police Departments made 24 arrests and deconstructed the site. On May 9, police fired tear gas at demonstrators at at University of Arizona,
18000-613: The use of sprinklers by school administration. On April 30 police arrested five protesters at another encampment on the FSU campus. A protest was held at Florida Gulf Coast University on April 26. Three people were arrested at a protest and encampment at the University of South Florida in Tampa on April 29. The following day, 10 people were arrested following a physical altercation between police and protesters. Police officers used tear gas on protesters. An encampment organized by Students for
18144-408: The war and rejected proposals to establish an international force in the strip. Four IDF soldiers—a major , a sergeant major , and two master sergeants —were killed and other four were wounded after a tunnel exploded in their vicinity near Beit Hanoun. All casualties were from the 697th battalion of the 551st Reserve Brigade Arrows of Fire. Among the dead was Matan Meir, the executive producer of
18288-464: The war. A study by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) found that 97% of protests were nonviolent and nearly half of those that became violent involved protesters fighting with law enforcement during police interventions. According to officials at Vanderbilt University , a security guard was injured when protesters broke into an administrative building, resulting in
18432-472: The wife of Sami Al-Arian had given students tactical knowledge and training to escalate their protests. James Carlson, a 40-year old lawyer, was indicted in September 2024 on charges of burning an Israeli flag outside the Columbia campus. Many protesters have donned masks and keffiyehs , which has increased concerns from provosts and deans that outsiders have infiltrated protests. Some Jewish students fear that
18576-532: The words "Genocidal Warmonger University" spray-painted on its base. Students replaced U.S. flags with Palestinian flags on flagpoles at several universities. In Harvard Yard , student demonstrators affixed three Palestinian flags atop the John Harvard statue on April 27. The replacement of U.S. flags sparked outrage from some officials, such as New York Mayor Eric Adams. In response, university administrations and law enforcement agencies have intervened to take down
18720-401: The workers it represents. The first strike began on May 20 at UC Santa Cruz and expanded to other campuses weekly until a judge issued a restraining order on June 7. On April 22, a Colorado State University event with Senator Michael Bennet and former Senator Cory Gardner , moderated by university president Amy Parsons, was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters. Protesters from
18864-843: Was "the first known American-Israeli weapons manufacturer partnership to end at an American university since the war on Gaza began". In November 2024, the Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg said it would break ties with Reichman University in Israel due to its "warmongering" stance on Gaza. Other universities have said they will consider divestment demands regarding Israel-affiliated companies. Some have agreed to disclose their investments and committed to increase awareness about Palestine. Universities that have come to agreements with protesters over certain demands, in order for encampments to be dismantled, include Northwestern University on April 29; Brown University and Evergreen State College on April 30;
19008-634: Was being held. At Muhlenberg College , Maura Finkelstein became the first tenured professor to be fired over pro-Palestinian speech. Finkelstein, who is Jewish, shared an Instagram post by Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi critical of Zionism and its adherents. In October 2024, The University of Michigan's governing board coordinated with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to file charges against pro-Palestinian protesters after local prosecutors proved unwilling to crack down. Campaign contributions and business relationships between Nessel and University of Michigan regents raised concerns over conflicts of interest in
19152-578: Was erected. This included three of the 13 Israeli companies the university's endowment fund had invested in. The University of Helsinki in Finland suspended student exchanges with Israeli universities on May 21 after two weeks of campus protests. On May 28, the University of Copenhagen in Denmark announced it would cease investing in companies that operate in the occupied West Bank , divesting US$ 145,810 worth of holdings from Airbnb , Booking.com , and EDreams
19296-527: Was evicted from campus housing along with his wife and daughter. Some students who faced suspensions were banned from campus and therefore unable to take their final exams. UC Santa Cruz officials issued two-week campus bans to many of the 110 protesters arrested during a campus demonstration in May, leaving them without housing and access to campus resources. The City College of New York shut down its community food pantry in response to protests. In Greece, nine protesters from European countries who were arrested at
19440-493: Was held on May 1, with around 100 students from the Savannah College of Art and Design 's Atlanta campus also participating. On the morning of April 25, police arrested demonstrators at an encampment at Emory University . Students had established the encampment that morning in solidarity with the people of Gaza as well as in protest of Cop City . Georgia State Patrol , Atlanta Police and University Police began clearing
19584-517: Was launched at the University of Connecticut in Storrs . One person was arrested. Five days later, university police arrested multiple people and dismantled the encampment. On April 28, another encampment was set up at Wesleyan University in Middletown . On April 29, about 100 people were at the encampment, called a "Liberation Zone." University President Michael S. Roth said that he will not call in
19728-798: Was not compelled by a subpoena to do so, the University of Pennsylvania had turned over the CVs and syllabi of two professors to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and may also have given the committee access to their email and course communications. Harvard updated its policy to prohibit overnight camping, chalk, and unapproved signs or displays. Indiana University updated its policies on August 1, prohibiting all "expressive activity" between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. The ACLU sued IU over this policy, calling it "overly broad". NYU updated its nondiscrimination policy to prohibit criticism of Zionism, classifying it as
19872-558: Was not part of a larger and widely anticipated ground invasion, but rather a raid in which troops only temporarily enter the Gaza Strip. The IDF confirmed the same day that Israeli remains were located and retrieved in the Gaza Strip. Another raid, headed by the Givati Brigade and the 162nd Armoured Division , took place between 25 and 26 October and was the largest offensive so far, including tanks, other vehicles and IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers. A follow-up raid took place
20016-674: Was not shown any proof that this is a civilian car and there's no information on who is inside." A kidnapped IDF private was freed the same day in an operation headed by the IDF, with assistance from Shin Bet and Mossad . In northwest Gaza, the Al-Qassam Brigades and the DFLP 's National Resistance Brigades engaged Israeli forces, and the National Resistance Brigades bombarded Israeli vehicles with heavy mortar shells. IDF reported
20160-436: Was one of the reasons they entered the hospital. It was reported that the body of Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old woman who was kidnapped from Be'eri kibbutz , was found in a building near the hospital. Residents in parts of southern Gaza reportedly received evacuation notices, sparking concerns over an expansion of the invasion. A fuel shortage was widely reported to have caused a shutdown of all internet and phone networks in
20304-596: Was pausing its financial ties with Boeing , including gifts and grants, over its ties to Israel. PSU President Ann Cudd wrote in a campus-wide letter, "the passion with which these demands are being repeatedly expressed by some in our community motivates". On May 6, Trinity College Dublin in Ireland agreed to end its investments in Israeli companies that are listed on the United Nations Human Rights Council "blacklist" after an encampment on Fellows' Square
20448-465: Was reported that the body of Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old soldier who was taken captive on 7 October, was found in a building near al-Shifa hospital. Israeli strikes killed more than 80 people in Jabalia refugee camp . A World Health Organization team visited the al-Shifa hospital amid reports that the Israeli army commander sent patients away with an Agence France-Presse journalist reportedly witnessing
20592-410: Was shot down on the Gaza Strip. Israel said that the units deployed inside the Gaza Strip the previous night were still on the ground, which marked the beginning of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. The IDF announced it was "expanding ground operations" in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military reissued a call to Gaza residents to evacuate the north as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that
20736-499: Was to cut ties with Lockheed Martin , the renaming of Hewson Hall, named after former Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson , and the disclosure of investments from UA's endowment fund. The Lockheed Martin website deleted the mention of UA as a partner university before the protest; one of the several demands published by the protest's organizers. The protest ended peacefully at 6:30, and there were no injuries. On October 6,
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