Cuban intelligence has spent decades inciting radical leftist organizations to spread hatred toward the United States and Israel. The post Anti-Israel Activists Behind Columbia University Protests Trained in Cuba for Years first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
A Columbia protester detained as part of the city’s crackdown against the Gaza Solidarity Encampment says that during her arrest and processing she was forced to take off her hijab—a violation of a New York Police Department policy and another instance of a high-profile problem for the department. The account of the protester, a Columbia student who wished […]
Ohio’s top lawyer has advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, Republican Attorney General […]
Protesters against the Israel-Gaza war took to the stage to disrupt the University of Sheffield’s education awards today (May 8). The group demanded that the university directs research projects away from arms-related work, and “cuts ties with the arms trade” as well as universities in Israel. Parts of their speech after they had taken to the stage were met with cheers. A number of university staff members at the event joined the protesters on the stage, while vice-chancellor Professor Koen...
Universities are a place for dialogue, not for intimidation, violence or vandalism, education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said on Wednesday afternoon, in response to the pro-Palestine protests in Amsterdam and Utrecht. “Universities must be a safe place for everyone,” Dijkgraaf said. The “great strength of a university is that you discuss and debate using a barrage of arguments.” Dijkgraaf also said he is in close contact with Amsterdam University’s management team and is supporting them where...
NOS news•Wednesday April 24, 03:31•Edited Wed Apr 24, 04:44 Lily Sophie Maigret Editor’s Bureau Washington Lily Sophie Maigret Editor’s Bureau Washington Protests at universities across the US have been ongoing for months against the Biden administration’s policies on Israel and Gaza. The protests are intensifying as the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to worsen. Students […]
NYU suspended nine students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Bobst Library’s atrium Friday afternoon, a recent NYU Palestine Solidarity Coalition press release states. A university spokesperson had told WSN that students who participated in the protests, which took place in the lobby and outside the building, would “be subject to the university’s disciplinary This story 9 students facing suspension after Bobst demonstration, PSC says appeared first on Washington Square...
Colleges across California are suspending student protesters, a move that's evicted some from housing, barred others from final exams, and left scores navigating a high-stakes disciplinary process more commonly reserved for students accused of toting a gun to campus or raping a classmate in their dorm room. Some of those facing punishment, including 40 students at UC San Diego, were slapped with "interim suspension" notices following mass arrests at protest encampments. But many others who...
The Universities UK president says lines must be drawn between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
The commencement ceremony held by University of California, Berkeley was interrupted by hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on Saturday morning. Most of the protesters were graduating students, wearing caps and gowns. Pictures show hundreds of students wearing keffiyehs, waving Palestinian flags and holding signage denouncing the Israeli government. The interruptions follow weeks of unrest at U.S. universities over the Israel-Hamas war, leading to thousands of students protesting in opposition to...
Some student protesters at Columbia University have had to sue to regain access to their dorms. A lawyer for the students likened Columbia to a bad New York City landlord egregiously violating tenants’ rights. [ more › ]
This week 13 conservative judges, all of whom were appointed by former President Donald Trump, told the president of Columbia University in a letter that they won’t hire as judicial law clerks future graduates of Columbia Law School (or even those who went to Columbia University as undergraduates). In a letter that was also sent to the law school’s dean, the judges say they won’t change their minds unless the school acquiesces to their demands for more conservative faculty and staff members,...