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Anti-Israel protesters at UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
April 23, 2026, 11:41 pm
Prominent activist’s chilling jail-time manifesto details rationale for Oct. 7 hate in US
Casey Goonan, in prison for California firebombings, explains groundwork for attacks in account written while incarcerated, frames Hamas invasion as launching a worldwide struggle
By Luke Tress
Cornell University students sit outside on November 3, 2023, in Ithaca, New York. (Matt Burkhartt/ Getty Images/ AFP)
March 20, 2026, 7:35 pm
Cornell president rejects students’ anti-Israel resolutions, citing ‘political bias’
Michael Kotlikoff says measures demanding halt to cooperation with Technion and condemning Tzipi Livni’s campus visit ‘imperil our academic principles’
By Luke Tress
Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, has been chosen to lead Columbia University beginning in July 2026. (Max Gerber/ University of Wisconsin via JTA)
January 27, 2026, 12:09 am
Columbia selects Jennifer Mnookin, Jewish U of Wisconsin chancellor, as next leader
The fourth woman to assume the role since the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion, the new president has a reputation for promoting open inquiry and academic freedom while keeping the peace
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Professor Melina Abdullah (R) speaks to a class at California State University, Los Angeles, September 18, 2025. (Screenshot/ YouTube)
December 9, 2025, 12:14 am
Cal State investigating professor seen coaching class to oppose antisemitism bill
Video shows Melina Abdullah, a prominent activist instructor at the LA university, telling students Israeli interests have subverted Congress, discussing violent revolution in US
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: A pro-Israel counter-protester at an anti-Israel demonstration in Times Square, New York City, January 1, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 8, 2025, 4:14 pm
Amid record antisemitism, US Jewish activists call on leaders to vacate their echo chamber
Smaller organizations challenge the establishment, saying the changed atmosphere requires new tactics and communication with the public
By Luke Tress
Tessa Veksler celebrates her graduation from the University of California, Santa Barbara, June 16, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2025, 5:06 am
How a Jewish-American student leader faced down hate to become a global influencer
As anti-Israel protests peaked last year, Tessa Veksler beat a recall vote as UC Santa Barbara student body president. She now features in the top-grossing documentary ‘October 8’
By Katja Ridderbusch
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during an Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, April 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2025, 4:21 pm
An elite Jewish society at Yale fractures over its director’s embrace of Itamar Ben Gvir
As Shabtai, which says it promotes free speech, welcomes the far-right Israeli minister at off-campus events, critics in and outside of the group protest his extremist rhetoric
By Andrew Lapin
Anti-Israel protesters gather outside an event featuring National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir during his visit to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 23, 2025. (Screen capture: CT Insider/YouTube)
April 24, 2025, 1:28 pm
Anti-Israel protesters hurl bottles, block car as Ben Gvir visits Yale group
Hundreds gather outside off-campus building as Jewish group hosts far-right minister, hours after university sanctions Yalies4Palestine over encampment; none hurt
By ToI Staff, Luke Tress and Agencies
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir meets with police in Miami, Florida, during a visit to the US, April 22, 2025. (Courtesy)
April 24, 2025, 3:42 am
Yale strips recognition from anti-Israel group after Ben Gvir protest encampment
Yalies4Palestine ‘flagrantly violated’ rules, Ivy League school says after protesters filmed blocking Jewish student who tried to walk through demonstration against far-right minister
By Luke Tress
Counter-protesters clash with anti-Israel demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP)
March 22, 2025, 5:01 pm
Pro-Palestinian students, faculty sue UCLA over handling of anti-Israel demonstrations
35 students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists say school failed to protect activists at campus encampment amid clashes with counter-protesters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Screenshot of a video on X of anti-Israel protesters outside The University of Minnesota's Morrill Hall, October 22, 2024 (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
October 22, 2024, 2:27 pm
Anti-Israel protesters arrested after occupying University of Minnesota building
Demonstrators demanding the school divest from Israel barricade doors, damage property, and block staff from exiting during brief takeover, school says; at least 11 arrested
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel protesters hold up posters behind a student attending a rally to mourn victims on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught, on October 7, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Kent / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
October 8, 2024, 4:02 am
Anti-Israel activists show their true face at Columbia as students mark year since Oct. 7
Supporters of the Jewish state cap a difficult year amid raucous demonstrations by rival anti-Israel groups at NYC school that has been a hotspot since Hamas onslaught sparked the war
By Cathryn J. Prince
A sign by pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students protesting at the University of Maryland, May 2024. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 3, 2024, 11:30 pm
U of Maryland reverses decision to allow pro-Palestinian groups to hold event on Oct. 7
A planned ‘vigil’ by anti-Israel groups SJP and JVP sought to mourn Palestinian casualties while avoiding mention of the murder of 1,200 Israelis by Hamas that sparked the war
By Andrew Lapin
A view of the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. (Video screenshot)
August 31, 2024, 6:40 am
Temple University investigating pro-Palestinian march at campus Hillel
Demonstrations are part of a resurgence in campus protests as US students return to school
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists block Jewish students from walking down a street near Columbia University, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)
August 31, 2024, 5:26 am
Columbia task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jews and Israelis
University’s Task Force on Antisemitism says students driven out of dorms and campus, ostracized by peers and denigrated by faculty
By Luke Tress
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