Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied
1 year ago

Israel-Hamas war tensions roil campuses; Brown protesters are arrested, Haverford building occupied

Associated Press  

Dozens of student protesters at Brown University were arrested, and a weeklong sit-in at Haverford College ended Wednesday under threat of disciplinary action as U.S. college campuses continue to be roiled by tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. Brown’s police department charged 41 students with trespass when they refused to leave the University Hall administrative building after business hours on Monday, according to officials at the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island. Twenty students protesting Israel’s invasion of Gaza were arrested for trespass on Nov. 8, although Brown dropped the charges on Nov. 27, two days after a Palestinian student at Brown, Hisham Awartani, and two other Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont. The college asserted that the protesters were hindering fellow students, staff and faculty, and told the sit-in organizers Tuesday night that “they must discontinue actions that impede student learning and the functions of the College, which include the sit-in inside Founders Hall,” Raymond and the college dean said in a campus message Wednesday morning. Abdalhamid, who took part in Wednesday’s rally, said in a statement that “our presence here is a powerful message that we will not stay silent, we will not be passive observers.” The arrests and sit-in came amid continuing fallout over the testimony given by leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT at a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week.

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UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias
5 days, 8 hours ago

UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias

LA Times  

The University of California has resolved nine federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism and bias against Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestinian students stemming from Israel-Hamas war protests at five UC campuses, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday. Violence at the UCLA encampment against Jewish, Israeli American and pro-Palestinian protesters was “of particular concern,” the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights …

Students stranded in war-torn Gaza protest for right to study abroad
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Students stranded in war-torn Gaza protest for right to study abroad

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-06 10:56 Students stranded in Gaza take part in a protest in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Nov 5, 2024. GAZA - Dozens of Palestinian students stranded in Gaza on Tuesday held a protest, calling for permission to leave the region and resume their studies abroad. The students, who have been denied travel …

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm University of Minnesota Building, Demand Divestment from Israel
2 months ago

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm University of Minnesota Building, Demand Divestment from Israel

Associated Press  

Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after occupying an administrative building at the University of Minnesota. The group, which named the building 'Halimy Hall' in remembrance of a Palestinian TikTok creator, occupied the building to protest the university's political neutrality agreement with Israel and the divestment of funds from the university from Israel.

How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain
2 months, 2 weeks ago

How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain

The Telegraph  

“We saw during the last academic year that student activists in the UK are quick to copy some of the protests seen on American campuses,” says Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust. The then communities secretary Michael Gove said the encampments were “alive with anti-Israel rhetoric and agitation” that was “deeply, profoundly intimidatory to Jewish students …

Here’s how college campuses are prepping for October 7 after Israel-Palestine turmoil interrupted last year
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s how college campuses are prepping for October 7 after Israel-Palestine turmoil interrupted last year

The Independent  

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As new semester dawns, campus protesters in US face heightened restrictions
3 months, 1 week ago

As new semester dawns, campus protesters in US face heightened restrictions

Al Jazeera  

New York City, United States – Fall semester was meant to be the final hurdle. Only four months of classes remained before Jonas could graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. But as Jonas — who asked to have his last name withheld — started his second week of class, he found himself confronting a new …

The incredible punishments being dished out to university students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The incredible punishments being dished out to university students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests

Daily Mail  

Students who took part in the pro-Palestinian protests last spring are now being punished by universities with protracted suspensions and mandatory contrition essays. Students who took part in the pro-Palestinian protests last spring are now being punished by universities with protracted suspensions and mandatory contrition essays At the University of Southern California, where demonstrators repeatedly clashed with the police, students …

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

The Independent  

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As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

Associated Press  

University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting the war in Gaza, as U.S. colleges roll out new security measures and protest guidelines — all intended to avoid disruptions like …

Quashing dissent on campus is the norm
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Quashing dissent on campus is the norm

Salon  

With nearly 18 million students on U.S. college campuses this fall, defenders of the war on Gaza don’t want to hear any backtalk. Months ago, citing data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ABC News reported that “25,000 buildings have been destroyed, 32 hospitals forced out of service, and three churches, 341 mosques and 100 universities and schools destroyed.” …

Pro-Palestinian protests resume at Columbia University as fall semester begins
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests resume at Columbia University as fall semester begins

Hindustan Times  

As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that convulsed the Manhattan campus at the tail end of the spring semester and touched off a wave of college demonstrations nationwide. “As long as Columbia continues to invest and to benefit from Israeli apartheid, the students will continue to …

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests

China Daily  

Security workers check people's ID cards as they enter the Columbia University campus in New York, United States on Tuesday while a group called End Jew Hatred held a protest outside. Activism to go on Mahmoud Khalil, a student negotiator for the main protest movement, Columbia University's Apartheid Divest, said students "will continue their activism and actions until Columbia divests …

Students kick off fall semester with protests that adhere to UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Students kick off fall semester with protests that adhere to UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans

LA Times  

With the fall semester underway, pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UC Berkeley said they will continue pressing their concerns about the war in Gaza. Students across several Bay Area universities kicked off fall semester Thursday with coordinated pro-Palestinian rallies that were impassioned in tone but adhered to the zero-tolerance regulations that the University of California and California State University systems have vowed …

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests

China Daily  

By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-08-29 09:51 Security workers check people's ID cards as they enter the Columbia University campus in New York, United States on Tuesday while a group called End Jew Hatred held a protest outside. Activism to go on Mahmoud Khalil, a student negotiator for the main protest movement, Columbia …

For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
4 months, 3 weeks ago

For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning

Associated Press  

— Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college’s conduct code. “I don’t really plan on being quiet about this, and I think that’s the goal of the second option,” Alvarez …

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at Canada’s McGill University
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at Canada’s McGill University

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy McGill University closed its …

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation
6 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian student group, seen protesting at Stanford this month, encouraged other students to walk out of the university’s graduation ceremony on Sunday and instead attend a “People’s Commencement.” Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of their graduation ceremony Sunday in a show of support for Palestinians, capping a tumultuous year on campus rocked by protests related to the …

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end
6 months, 1 week ago

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end

LA Times  

Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters occupied, barricaded and vandalized a Cal State Los Angeles student services building — with several administrators inside — for almost eight hours Wednesday. “A trust we had in the Encampment to practice non-violence has been violated,” Cal State L.A. President Berenecea Johnson Eanes said in a statement Thursday afternoon. They said the action began as a …

Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles
6 months, 1 week ago

Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Police thwarted attempts by pro-Palestinian demonstrators to set up a new encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, where officers cleared a previous camp this spring after it was attacked by counterprotesters. Officers arrested 27 people late Monday during the demonstration, Rick Braziel, UCLA associate vice chancellor for campus safety, said in a statement. The group …

Three Jewish students sue UCLA, saying protesters blocked access to campus facilities
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Three Jewish students sue UCLA, saying protesters blocked access to campus facilities

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate at UCLA on April 26. Three Jewish UCLA students filed a federal lawsuit against the UC regents and several university officials on Wednesday, alleging that anti-Israel protesters blocked them from crucial parts of the campus. “With the knowledge and acquiescence of UCLA officials, the activists enforced what was effectively a ‘Jew Exclusion Zone,’ segregating Jewish students and …

Pro-Palestine protesters storm US university president's office, arrested
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestine protesters storm US university president's office, arrested

India Today  

More than a dozen people were arrested at Stanford University in California on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian student protesters barricaded themselves inside the office of the school president, the latest clash between US students and authorities over the Israel-Gaza conflict. Approximately 10 students entered the administrative offices building around 5.30 am on the last day of classes for the spring quarter, …

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president's office
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president's office

Associated Press  

STANFORD, Calif. — Police arrested 13 people at Stanford University after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the school president and provost’s offices early Wednesday, causing what officials described as “extensive” vandalism inside and outside the building. AP AUDIO: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president’s office AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports more arrests on campus of Palestinian supporters. Stanford students …

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several universities across the country are withholding, or threatening to withhold, the diplomas of seniors who engaged in pro-Palestine demonstrations on their campuses amid a national student mobilization in recent months. In letters sent on Friday, administrators accused the students of violating the student code of conduct, alleging that they failed to respond to police’s orders to …

US: New York police detains 34 after pro-Palestinian protests 'occupy' Brooklyn museum | VIDEO
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US: New York police detains 34 after pro-Palestinian protests 'occupy' Brooklyn museum | VIDEO

India TV News  

New York: The police in the US city of New York arrested 34 pro-protesters who marched to the Brooklyn Museum on Friday afternoon, setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a "Free Palestine" banner from the building's roof. New York police tackled and punched some protesters during the scuffles that broke out in the crowd outside the museum and …

Palestine protesters take over University of Manchester exam building
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Palestine protesters take over University of Manchester exam building

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A group of students caused disruption at the University of …

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA went on strike Tuesday, saying their rights were violated by UC actions during pro-Palestinian protests. Carrying “On Strike” pickets and some wearing kaffiyehs, academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis walked off the job Tuesday, alleging their rights were violated by the University of California’s actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns. At UCLA on Tuesday …

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California

NPR  

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California More University of California academic workers are expected to go on strike Tuesday in response to the treatment of pro-Palestinian protestors on campus. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The pro-Palestinian and anti-Gaza war student activism at University of California campuses has spread to include academic workers. I mean, the strike started at this one …

Students move pro-Palestine encampment at Australian National University to another site on campus ahead of eviction deadline
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Students move pro-Palestine encampment at Australian National University to another site on campus ahead of eviction deadline

ABC  

In short: Protesters at a pro-Palestine encampment at the Australian National University have moved to a nearby on-campus site after being told by police they must pack up and leave by midday. Students have moved a pro-Palestine encampment at the Australian National University to a new site nearby after being directed to leave or face possible police action. The police …

Brown University president’s commencement speech briefly interrupted by protesters
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Brown University president’s commencement speech briefly interrupted by protesters

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Protesters briefly disrupted an outdoor commencement address given by Brown University’s president on Sunday. A group called Brown Alumni for Palestine said in a news release Sunday that it led the disruption at the ceremony, where Paxson and the Brown Corporation were conferring diplomas to the graduating class. Brown Alumni for Palestine said the group represents over …

Omar tears into UCLA chancellor for perpetrating 'violence' on campus
7 months ago

Omar tears into UCLA chancellor for perpetrating 'violence' on campus

Daily Mail  

Rep. Ilhan Omar tore into UCLA Chancellor Gene Block for 'allowing' a violent clash between pro- and anti-Israel demonstrators on campus where they say rats were released into their pro-Gaza encampment. An anti-Israel demonstrator told CNN that at an encampment on April 30 at UCLA 'Zionist thugs' had issued sexual assault and death threats and released rats into their demonstration. …

Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting ‘Free, free Palestine’
7 months ago

Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting ‘Free, free Palestine’

Associated Press  

— Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus and a day after the school announced that 13 Harvard students who participated in a protest encampment would not be able to receive diplomas alongside their classmates. Some students chanted “Let them walk, let them …

Pro-Palestinian protesters leave after Drexel University decides to have police clear encampment
7 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters leave after Drexel University decides to have police clear encampment

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Protesters packed up their belongings and left a pro-Palestinian encampment at Drexel University on Thursday after the school announced a decision to have police clear the encampment. University President John Fry said in a statement that he decided to have campus police and public safety officers join Philadelphia police in clearing the encampment as peacefully as possible. In …

Drexel threatens to clear encampment as arrests linked to Israel-Hamas war protests exceed 3,000
7 months ago

Drexel threatens to clear encampment as arrests linked to Israel-Hamas war protests exceed 3,000

Associated Press  

Drexel University in Philadelphia threatened to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday as arrests linked to campus demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war surpassed the 3,000 mark nationwide. Drexel President John Fry said the encampment had disrupted campus life and “cannot be allowed to remain in place.” Fry called on protesters to leave immediately but said in a statement …

The Gaza encampments and history: Is this the "right" kind of protest?
7 months ago

The Gaza encampments and history: Is this the "right" kind of protest?

Salon  

Students opposed to Israel's war in Gaza have spent nearly a month escalating their protests on college campuses across the country, frequently erecting encampments on their university greens, occupying buildings and even demonstrating on their graduation stages. I don't like that there’s a country that's willing to do that.” * * * This will be the fourth week of the …

Some tuition-paying parents are angry over crackdowns on student protestors
7 months ago

Some tuition-paying parents are angry over crackdowns on student protestors

NPR  

Some tuition-paying parents are angry over crackdowns on student protestors A lot of colleges have cracked down on student protesters. KIRK CARAPEZZA, BYLINE: Days after MIT threatened to suspend students participating in a three-week-old encampment here in Cambridge, protesters blocked the entrance to this garage, disrupting campus life. CARAPEZZA: The parents of pro-Palestinian protesters, though, say colleges are missing an …

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University
7 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus. “This demonstration already has proved intolerably disruptive to normal University operations and has raised serious concerns about the …

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest
7 months ago

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

Associated Press  

BERKELEY, Calif. — Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. “Columbia,” read one sign held aloft there after arrests on April 30, “Protect your students.” Historically, universities are supposed to govern — and police — themselves in exchange for their status as “something of a secular sacred ground,” said John Thelin, University of Kentucky College of Education professor emeritus and a historian …

Pro-Palestinian group takes over UC Berkeley building; university calls it ‘crime scene’
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian group takes over UC Berkeley building; university calls it ‘crime scene’

LA Times  

Campus police and California Highway Patrol officers block pro-Palestinian demonstrators with barricades as authorities move to arrest protesters at UC Berkeley. Even after UC Berkeley officials struck a deal with student leaders of the university’s longstanding pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of protesters took over an abandoned building on campus Wednesday, and some were later arrested. There, university officials almost immediately …

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests
7 months, 1 week ago

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

Al Jazeera  

Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests. “I considered the encampment to be ‘high risk’.” He instead opted to be a lead negotiator for Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a student group pushing school administrators to sever ties with Israel and groups engaged in abuses against Palestinians. “It was ridiculous …

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm lecture hall at University of California, Irvine, police make arrests
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm lecture hall at University of California, Irvine, police make arrests

Hindustan Times  

At the University of California, Irvine campus, the situation aggravated on Wednesday as a bunch of about several hundred supporters of pro-Palestinian aggregators somehow entered a lecture hall and encircled it, so the school officials say. Law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine detain demonstrators, after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture …

Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report

Al Jazeera  

A handful of powerful businessmen pushed New York City Mayor Eric Adams to use police to crack down on pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, donating to the politician and offering to pay for private investigators to help break up the demonstrations, the Washington Post has reported, based on leaked WhatsApp conversations. The story, published on Thursday, says that several …

Congress investigating UCLA over treatment of Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress investigating UCLA over treatment of Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

UCLA facility maintenance locksmith Adrian Banuelos cleans a part of campus on May 2 after two days of violent overnight protests. A congressional education committee has chastised UCLA for its response to a pro-Palestinian encampment and the violent instigators who attacked it, calling on the university to turn over documents regarding an “inadequate response to antisemitism and failure to protect …

US police clear pro-Palestinian camp from California university
7 months, 1 week ago

US police clear pro-Palestinian camp from California university

Al Jazeera  

Police in the United States have taken back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, and then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks. Officers from about 10 law enforcement agencies converged on the campus on Wednesday after university officials requested help because protesters had …

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar
7 months, 1 week ago

Navigating the Gaza crisis from afar

China Daily  

A projection of US President Joe Biden is seen on the wall of George Washington University during the students encampment protest on May 7. Even as a young Chinese person working and living far away from the Middle East and the US, I find it hard not to be concerned when hundreds of thousands suffer from a dire lack of …

Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict
7 months, 1 week ago

Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict

Associated Press  

— Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment, bringing a peaceful end to the kinds of demonstrations that were broken up by police on other campuses. The student protest group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine said in …

Opinion: Today’s protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?
7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Today’s protests are tamer than the campus unrest of the 1960s. So why the harsh response?

LA Times  

Critics of the recent student protests have often erred by comparing them to the mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War that rocked U.S. college campuses more than half a century ago. Today’s student movement against the Gaza War is far smaller and much less disruptive than the campus antiwar protests of the 1960s. The contrast makes it impossible to escape …

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some U.S. college graduations marked by defiant acts
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some U.S. college graduations marked by defiant acts

The Hindu  

A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina on May 12, with about 30 of the 7,000 students leaving their seats and chanting “free Palestine” amid a mix of boos and cheers. Police escorted graduates' families past a few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to block access to May …

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises
7 months, 1 week ago

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises

Associated Press  

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to disruptions and arrests. In this photo provided by Duke University, commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld laughs on stage during the school’s graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Durham, N.C. POMONA COLLEGE Southern California’s small Pomona College moved Sunday evening’s commencement 30 miles …

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises
7 months, 1 week ago

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. POMONA COLLEGE Southern California’s small Pomona College moved Sunday …

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts

Associated Press  

A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina Sunday, with about 30 of the 7,000 students leaving their seats and chanting “free Palestine” amid a mix of boos and cheers. Police escorted graduates’ families past a few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to block access to Sunday evening’s commencement …

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