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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

campus activism

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
The campus of the University of Maryland in College Park. (Courtesy)
August 31, 2024, 4:36 am
Fury as University of Maryland okays campus rally by anti-Israel group on October 7
Move to allow Students for Justice in Palestine event on anniversary of Hamas attacks outrages Jews on campus and beyond
By Gabe Friedman
Pro-Palestinian supporters gather next to a banner reading 'Oxford Action for Palestine' at Oxford University, in Oxford, England, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
August 30, 2024, 5:05 pm
Anti-Israel BDS calls on UK campuses thwarted by lawfare as antisemitism spikes
Bombastic university protests fuel a record-breaking rise in reported incidents of Jew-hatred — but the type and scope of divestment they seek is often contrary to British law
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: Protesters speak to the press as they gather at a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel encampment during a rally at George Washington University in Washington, DC, May 6, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
August 26, 2024, 1:51 am
US universities, Jewish groups hope to change campus climate as school year begins
With new initiatives including broader rules around demonstrations and even full-time surveillance, institutions seek to rein in anti-Israel protesters, who vow not to ease up
By Andrew Lapin
FILE - People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site near the New York University campus, Dec. 16, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
July 10, 2024, 4:51 pm
Report: UAE deported student who shouted ‘Free Palestine’ at NYU Abu Dhabi graduation
Students, activists pan university for allowing censorship; Arab monarchy does not permit protests, has clamped down on speech about Gaza war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel activists wield wooden planks before using them to hit students at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on May 6, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 15, 2024, 6:38 am
On Europe’s campuses, explosions of violent antisemitism have become de rigueur
A mix of pro-terrorist networks, sympathetic faculty and wavering response by authorities is blamed for extremist violence at the heart of academia
By Canaan Lidor
Students protesting against the war in Gaza, and passersby walking through Harvard Yard, are seen at an encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
May 14, 2024, 10:01 pm
Anti-Israel Harvard students dismantle camp after university agrees to negotiate
Protesters say they will demand disclosure of investments in Israel, divestment from the country, and creation of a center for Palestinian studies
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Israel activists at a counter-demonstration at the George Washington University campus in Washington, DC, May 2, 2024. (Tani Levitt)
May 4, 2024, 11:44 pm
In the shadow of an anti-Israel encampment, Jewish GWU students rally against hate
As police spurn the DC school president’s request to dismantle an occupied ‘liberation zone’ and antisemitism hotspot on campus, groups show up in support of Israel
By Tani Levitt
Demonstrators from Columbia University's pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel encampment unfurl a banner as they barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, a campus building which has been occupied in past student movements, and name it after a Palestinian child allegedly killed in Gaza, April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images North America/Getty Images via AFP)
April 30, 2024, 8:18 pm
Columbia’s Hamilton Hall has a long history of occupation by protesting students
Students barricaded themselves in the historic building on Tuesday amid pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests at the university
By Joseph Ax
Students are seen on campus at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California, on April 16, 2024. (Robyn Beck/AFP)
April 17, 2024, 1:42 pm
USC Shoah foundation distances itself from canceled pro-Palestinian valedictorian
Asna Tabassum, whose commencement speech was called off over ‘security concerns’ after Jewish backlash, cited Spielberg-founded center as part of her minor in ‘resistance to genocide’
By Andrew Lapin
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