WASHINGTON >> Weeks after attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration, Egyptian-American student Layla Sayed received a text message from a friend drawing her attention to a website dedicated to exposing people it says promote hatred of Jews and Israel.
Another pro-Palestinian protest closed down Harvard Yard on Sunday.
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Encampments and protests on university campuses are persisting in the U.S., even as one prominent display of Palestinian support voluntarily comes down. The movement that began stateside has since spread to universities in Canada and Europe, as students demand their educational institutions divest funds from Israeli-linked corporations
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, so do campus protests across the country.
Peaceful protest included approximately 50 people.
Jerry Seinfeld's week of difficult appearances continues, this time in Virginia. As soon as Seinfeld took the stage for a stand-up comedy set at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Saturday night, a man in the audience jumped up and yelled, "Free Gaza," TMZ reported. The audience immediately began booing the heckler and chanting "Jerry! Jerry!" as another bystander wrestled the protester into a headlock. Security escorted the man out of the building, but the show was interrupted by other protesters...
The University of Chicago's Institute of Politics building was surrounded by pro-Palestinian protesters Friday afternoon.
As the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, students are calling for their universities to cut financial and institutional ties with Israel.
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted a University of Windsor senate meeting last week has set up an encampment on campus, requesting supplies as they dig in until administrators answer their demands. The demonstrations began Thursday with protesters calling for university administration to financially divest from organizations that benefit or support Israel. “We’re not […]
Small demonstrations held on Saturday, including at Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Wisconsin-MadisonSmall pro-Palestinian protests popped up sporadically on Saturday as colleges and universities from North Carolina to California held commencement ceremonies, including dozens of graduating students at Virginia Commonwealth University who walked out on an address by Republican governor Glenn Youngkin.While some of the estimated 100 students and family members who left during...
French police detained 86 people following an operation to remove students staging a pro-Palestinian occupation at the Sorbonne university in Paris, prosecutors said Wednesday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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 […]