Esther Sun For months, thousands have flooded the country’s streets in protest. But students say that the surge of encampments in America helped increase actions at Jordanian universities.
The university departed from tradition by staging ceremonies away from Senate House
The University of California Irvine advised students to "leave" the area and buildings near where pro-Palestinian protesters were holding their protest.
Protesters against the Israel-Gaza war took to the stage to disrupt the University of Sheffield’s education awards today (May 8). The group demanded that the university directs research projects away from arms-related work, and “cuts ties with the arms trade” as well as universities in Israel. Parts of their speech after they had taken to the stage were met with cheers. A number of university staff members at the event joined the protesters on the stage, while vice-chancellor Professor Koen...
Universities are a place for dialogue, not for intimidation, violence or vandalism, education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said on Wednesday afternoon, in response to the pro-Palestine protests in Amsterdam and Utrecht. “Universities must be a safe place for everyone,” Dijkgraaf said. The “great strength of a university is that you discuss and debate using a barrage of arguments.” Dijkgraaf also said he is in close contact with Amsterdam University’s management team and is supporting them where...
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....
Mike Lee told students that Sonoma State would become first US university to refuse to work with Israeli academic institutionsA public university in California has placed its president on leave for “insubordination” after he agreed to student demands for an academic boycott of Israel.Mike Lee was suspended from Sonoma State University following an announcement on Tuesday that the liberal arts college north of San Francisco had agreed with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) to become the...
UC Berkeley says negotiations with demonstrators have led to an agreement to expedite what it calls a new "socially responsible investment strategy."
This spring College of the Atlantic students also set up an encampment on the school’s front lawn to protest Israel's actions in Gaza.
Dozens leave university commencement ceremony to protest comedian, who has vocally supported Israel since 7 OctoberDozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted “free Palestine” to protest against its guest speaker, the comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has supported Israel throughout the war in Gaza.Figures in robes and caps, some waving Palestinian flags, filed out of crowds of graduates assembled on the grass in the North Carolina university’s...
Some student protesters at Columbia University have had to sue to regain access to their dorms. A lawyer for the students likened Columbia to a bad New York City landlord egregiously violating tenants’ rights. [ more › ]
Princeton University students have been protesting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza since 25 April, their goal being to get the US university to divest from Israel. The Guardian spoke to some of the students and faculty at the encampment to hear their reasons for being there, and how they feel they have been portrayed by the media Continue reading