(The Center Square) – As University of Washington students walk through the campus's main thoroughfare to go to class, a sliver of grassy land has been taken up by a few pro-Palestinian protesters demanding an end to Israel's war on Gaza. This small group of UW students are joining other demonstrators on college campuses across the country in a wave of protests against Israel. Demonstrators are demanding their universities divest from the Jewish state. Approximately 1,000...
The encampment at Columbia has sparked similar campus protests across the
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colleges around the country implored pro-Palestinian
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours. But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being []
Hundreds of students around the country are being arrested, suspended, put on probation and, in rare cases, expelled from their colleges for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations
Students demonstrating and hunger-striking face arrests and hospitalization – but they think they can make a differenceStudent protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does that mean?The arrests of more than a hundred Columbia University students, who were protesting against Israel’s actions in Gaza, shed more light on arguably the most energetic pro-Palestinian movement in the US: the one taking places on college campuses around the country.Since Israel launched its war on...
Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow school staff to carry concealed handguns on campus, sparking protesters to rally at the state Capitol in Nashville.The Republican-backed bill passed in a 68-28 vote and will now head to the desk of GOP Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, according to The Washington Post. The measure was previously passed in the state Senate earlier this month.Under the legislation, which mirrors a similar bill passed by Indiana in February, faculty and staff...
Several students attending Tulane and Loyola universities who participated in the dayslong Pro-Palestinian protest say they’re now being reprimanded by their schools.
San Francisco State University joined several other colleges this week in a nationwide movement protesting the war in Gaza. Hundreds of students, faculty and other pro-Palestinian advocates gathered Monday at Malcolm X Plaza for a rally before setting up an encampment in front of the Cesar Chavez Student Center. When SFGATE visited the campus Tuesday morning, more than 30 tents were set up in the grass area. The encampment was relatively quiet, with students and supporters gathered outside,...
Protesters who pitched tents at an encampment on the UNC Chapel Hill quad
The school's newspaper reported last month someone wrote messages in chalk supporting Palestine around the school's bobcat emblem. They were removed.