(The Center Square) — As university protests surrounding the Israel-Gaza war carry on, Gov. Josh Shapiro complimented Pitt but condemned Penn — and called for the Ivy League university to “disband the encampment.” Speaking in Hempfield Township outside Pittsburgh, the governor reminded university leaders of their obligation to keep students safe, but didn’t touch on their obligation to uphold free speech on campus. “Every university has a responsibility — both a...
Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday.The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett Hall but had been met with a response from university and Philadelphia police, according to reports....
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 […]
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 […]
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 attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus. After several hundred demonstrators marched from Philadelphia’s City Hall to west Philadelphia […]
UC Berkeley says negotiations with demonstrators have led to an agreement to expedite what it calls a new "socially responsible investment strategy."
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The president of the Hamilton Jewish Federation says he and others felt intimidated by a group of protesters blocking a roadway next to McMaster University on Friday, where a pro-Palestinian encampment demonstration continues. It happened between 9 and 10 a.m. Friday morning. Protesters were blocking the road at Sterling Street and Forsythe Avenue. It’s right […]
A pro-Palestinian encampment at Queen's University in Kingston was set up on May 10. Since then, the university has called out what it says were aggressive acts.
Protest organisers say university has not yet given them formal orders to move on, which would open the door to Victoria police being called. Follow live updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastShorten and Dutton clash over reduced migrationEarlier this morning the NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, and the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, clashed over Dutton’s promise to reduce Australia’s migration intake in his budget reply speech last night.Well, Bill, a...
The University of California Irvine advised students to "leave" the area and buildings near where pro-Palestinian protesters were holding their protest.
Several people were detained Wednesday afternoon as a Pro-Palestinian protest escalated, prompting a massive response from law enforcement.
The antiwar encampment on the Auraria campus has been in place for three weeks.