2024 Campus Protests

In a rarity, Cornell pro-Palestinian encampment disbands with neither arrests nor deal

Students with the pro-Palestinian protests said they were continuing to negotiate with the university.

Many Jewish students say pro-Palestinian encampments make them feel less safe, Hillel survey finds

Nearly three-quarters of Jewish students whose schools had encampments want their administrations to take action to end them.

Four students present a case for divesting from Israel before a university board

After making deals with protesters, universities are granting hearings on Israel divestment

The University of Minnesota appears to be the first U.S. school with a major Jewish population to hold a debate on divestment in response to the demands of students protesting Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza.

New York

‘We would like to speak in our name,’ Jewish Columbia students say in viral open letter

United States

Congress grills K-12 school officials from New York, Berkeley and Maryland on responses to antisemitism

New York

An Upper West Side Holocaust memorial rally draws comparisons between Columbia’s climate and Nazi Germany

Police outside Columbia University, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New York

Columbia cancels commencement amid pro-Palestinian protests

United States

From Michigan to Boston, pro-Palestinian protesters assert themselves at college graduations

New York

More than 25% of arrested Columbia protesters were not connected to the university, police say

United States

Jewish professor at Dartmouth thrown to the ground by police as 90 pro-Palestinian protesters are arrested

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