Over 30 pro-Palestine protesters gathered at the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium on Friday amid Israel’s invasion of Rafah and ongoing national college protests. The protest coincided with the UI College of Law commencement at Hancher. The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began after Hamas launched a surprise attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which
Pro-Israel students at the University of Southern California (USC) gathered together on Wednesday to march for the return of the innocent Israelis still held captive by Hamas, standing in stark contrast to the pro-Palestine protests that have erupted across college campuses around the nation, wreaking havoc, causing graduation ceremony cancellations, and bringing violence to school grounds. Pursuit Church teamed up with Christian worship artist Sean Feucht to hold the “United for Israel March”...
Pro-Israel students at the University of Southern California (USC) gathered together on Wednesday to march for the return of the innocent Israelis still held captive by Hamas, standing in stark contrast to the pro-Palestine protests that have erupted across college campuses around the nation, wreaking havoc, causing graduation ceremony cancellations, and bringing violence to school grounds. Pursuit Church teamed up with Christian worship artist Sean Feucht to hold the “United for Israel March”...
Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, sitting in for Eric Draitser on CounterPunch Radio, talks with Hanin Siam, a Palestinian organizer based in Tokyo, Japan. They discuss the challenges of organizing the Palestine solidarity movement in Japan, including the nuances of their communities in Tokyo and Hiroshima. From the history of Japanese support for Palestine, to BDS, to More
Protesters staged a car rally in West Little Rock to draw attention to suffering in Palestine.
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (WDTN) -- After a local park was vandalized last month, community members stepped up to repair the damage. On April 27, Beavercreek police began investigating an act of vandalism that left behind thousands of dollars worth of damage. It happened in the bathroom facilities and concession stand at Rotary Park. Less than a []
Council members condemn NYPD’s ‘pre-emptive, retaliatory and cumulatively aggressive’ conduct at protest on SaturdayOutrage was growing on Monday to a “cumulatively aggressive” response by the New York police department to a weekend pro-Palestine street rally in Brooklyn, in which officers were caught on video beating protesters who had already been detained.Cellphone footage by witnesses at Saturday’s gathering in Bay Ridge showed NYPD officers – including two wearing the uniforms of police...
A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States this weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four routes before converging on Indianapolis in two months for a major gathering focusing on Eucharistic rites and devotions. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is beginning with Masses and other events in California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Texas. A […]
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Student organizers and advocates hosted a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday. The Rio Grande Valley Youth Democratic Socialists of America hosted the event in response to the ongoing violence and crisis in Palestine. Advocates participated in the rally holding Palestinian flags and banners that []
Hundreds of pro-Israel students and community members gathered to protest “terrorist support” on campus Sunday afternoon, as pro-Palestine demonstrators congregated to “defend” the student encampment at White Plaza. Though protestors chanted and carried flags on both sides, both groups dispersed without incident after several hours.
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NYU students joined hundreds of protesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Union Square Tuesday, before the crowd of demonstrators made its way up Sixth Avenue in a citywide march. Some protesters eventually reached the Fashion Institute of Technology — the location of the last pro-Palestinian encampment protest on a New York City campus — where This story Hundreds call for cease-fire in Gaza at citywide march appeared first on Washington Square News.