Following student protests at some of America’s most prestigious universities against the war in Gaza, students at Sciences Po University in France also raised objections to what is perceived as the ongoing conflict in Gaza. According to a report by France 24 published on Friday, May 3rd, citing eyewitnesses and protesting students, police entered Sciences […]
Columbia University has announced the suspension of students who support Palestine and protest against the Israeli war in Gaza. Columbia University officials stated that these students refrained from dismantling their protest tents in the university’s New York campus plaza. Following this, Columbia University decided to suspend the students from their studies, as negotiations with protest […]
Anti-Israel protests regarding the war in Gaza have erupted at college campuses across the country, but polling shows it is not a top issue for most people attending university. A Generation Lab poll shared with Axios shows the war in Gaza ranks at the bottom among top issues for college students. The survey shows only […]
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Students at SF State are holding a rally in solidarity with Gaza, gathering on Malcolm X Plaza. Here's what they're urging the University's administration to do.
On 4/26, four students were “temporarily suspended” by Cornell University for exercising their constitutional right to protest. In response, these students issued the following statement: “In the past months, we have seen an incredible movement form on Cornell’s campus: students, faculty members, and staff have joined together to voice their support for the Palestinian Liberation More
Student activists at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College on Sunday established encampments to protest the war in Gaza, joining a rapidly spreading movement. Roughly 50 UVM students pitched tents on the Andrew-Harris Commons on Sunday afternoon. Fifteen or so tents were tightly clustered in the central campus location when Seven Days visited. Students continued to set up tents as rain poured down. “We all feel a duty to humanity to stop this genocide,” James, a third-year UVM...
Mohammad Moazzeni, head of Shiraz University in Fars, made the offer to students demonstrating against Israel's actions in its war against Hamas in Gaza, Iranian state-owned outlet Press TV reports.
Students from five San Antonio higher-ed campuses sent letters asking their respective administrations to "publicly oppose" an order by Gov. Greg Abbott requiring campuses to revise their free-speech policies to counter what he called a "sharp rise in antisemitic speech." The letter — sent Wednesday to the presidents of San Antonio College, UTSA, Texas A&M San Antonio, Trinity University and UT Health-San Antonio — also asked school leaders to use their resources to litigate in...
Police arrested dozens of people in Amsterdam, with university occupations continuing in Netherlands, Belgium and SpainMiddle East crisis – live updatesThirty-two people were arrested as Dutch police broke up a Gaza war protest at the University of Amsterdam, in a second day of unrest over the conflict. Police said the offences included public violence, vandalism and assault.Video captured by Reuters appeared to show officers in riot gear striking protesters and police knocking down makeshift...
John Oliver was back on Last Week Tonight after taking a week off and dinged Fox News over their coverage of college students protesting the war in Gaza. Oliver highlighted the coverage the student protests have been getting on cable news networks and highlighted a particular moment on Fox News as they reported from Columbia […]
By JOHN ANTZAK, ETHAN SWOPE, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Counter-protesters “forcefully” attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA early Wednesday, the university’s chancellor said, and activists clashed with police officers who destroyed their tents at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, part of a series of escalating violence