Pro-Palestinian protesters removed the American flag from UNC's quad on Tuesday afternoon and replaced it with the Palestinian one in what was the latest disruptive incident on campus.
Pro-Palestinian protests grew Thursday at California colleges and universities, including a new encampment at UCLA and teach-in at UC Santa Barbara, a day after police in riot gear arrested 93 protesters at USC. Fallout over the Israel-Hamas war grew Thursday as USC announced that it would cancel its main stage commencement ceremony after more than a week of national controversy over its decision to pull a pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speaking slot from the May event that was expected to draw...
When did it become fashionable to diminish the accomplishments of Vietnam War-era protesters by accusing them of inflated self-regard and delusions about what their activism accomplished? In my view, the situation in the Mideast is more nuanced and complex than the United States’ involvement in Vietnam ever was. Israel's horrific response notwithstanding, I fear that many pro-Palestinian student activists are naively unwilling to confront the role that Hamas and its allies have played in the...
If there’s a leftist cause, a protest is bound to follow — no matter how little those protesting understand why or what they're protesting in the first place. This is especially the case after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Pro-Palestinian protesters have now taken over college campuses across America, from Columbia University in New York to the George Washington University in D.C. and Cal Poly Humboldt in California. The protesters spent the past weekend setting up autonomous zones...
As pro-Palestinian protesters at colleges across the country face condemnation and backlash from political leaders and media pundits, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and some Jewish-American politicians are voicing their support for the ongoing demonstrations.College campuses across the country have seen waves of pro-Palestinian demonstrations since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel that left about 1,200 dead. These protests by students and some faculty have drawn national attention in...
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe.
A non-student organization is expected to hold a protest on the campus of
In recent weeks, college campuses across the United States have witnessed waves of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, with violence flaring on Wednesday 1 May, and Thursday 2 May following police raids and attacks by pro-Israeli protestors. Hundreds of students have been arrested across the US as campus administrators and police cracked down on rallies supporting Palestinians and calling for divestment of universities from Israel. University leaders, along with authorities from the United States...
Video from Sky 5 showed the protesters standing in the pedestrian crossing, holding signs and waving Palestinian flags.
We would like to hear from students on US campuses that have seen protestsUS campus protests - live updatesHundreds of police officers entered Columbia University and arrested dozens of students on Tuesday night, clearing out an academic building that had been occupied as part of a pro-Palestinian protest.In Los Angeles, police have had to intervene after clashes erupted between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israel supporters on the University of California campus. Continue reading
Though it was a calmer protest, there's still that same frustration, some of it targeted at USC itself. Someone even spray-painted the words "Say no to genocide" on the base of the Tommy Trojan statue.
Several arrests were reported on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin after police ordered a group of pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse.