The recent wave of anti-war demonstrations at U.S. universities has seen a decrease as school leaders have reached agreements with pro-Palestinian protesters. These agreements, which include commitments by universities to review their investments in Israel or hear calls to stop doing business with the country, have been made at schools such as Brown, Northwestern, and Rutgers.
The protests, which have resulted in over 2,400 arrests on 46 campuses nationwide since April 17, have been primarily focused on the ongoing war in Gaza and the universities’ links to the Israeli military. The students are protesting the war’s death toll and are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza.
However, while the colleges have made concessions around amnesty for protesters and funding for Middle Eastern studies, they have made no promises about changing their investments. Some university boards may never even vote on divesting from Israel, which can be a complicated process. And some state schools have said they lack the authority to do so.
Despite the decrease in demonstrations, arrests of protesters continue at various locations. For instance, about a dozen protesters who refused police orders to leave an encampment at New York University were arrested early Friday, and about 30 more left voluntarily. Similarly, NYPD officers cleared an encampment at The New School in Greenwich Village on the request of school administrators.
The movement began on April 17 at Columbia, where student protesters built an encampment to call for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. More than 100 people were arrested late Tuesday when police broke up the Columbia encampment. One officer accidentally discharged his gun inside Hamilton Hall during that operation, but no one was injured.
The conflict in the Gaza Strip has resulted in the death of over 34,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry there. Israel launched its offensive after Oct. 7, when Hamas militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages in an attack on southern Israel.”>
The protests, which have resulted in over 2,400 arrests on 46 campuses nationwide since April 17, have been primarily focused on the ongoing war in Gaza and the universities’ links to the Israeli military. The students are protesting the war’s death toll and are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza.
However, while the colleges have made concessions around amnesty for protesters and funding for Middle Eastern studies, they have made no promises about changing their investments. Some university boards may never even vote on divesting from Israel, which can be a complicated process. And some state schools have said they lack the authority to do so.
Despite the decrease in demonstrations, arrests of protesters continue at various locations. For instance, about a dozen protesters who refused police orders to leave an encampment at New York University were arrested early Friday, and about 30 more left voluntarily. Similarly, NYPD officers cleared an encampment at The New School in Greenwich Village on the request of school administrators.
The movement began on April 17 at Columbia, where student protesters built an encampment to call for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. More than 100 people were arrested late Tuesday when police broke up the Columbia encampment. One officer accidentally discharged his gun inside Hamilton Hall during that operation, but no one was injured.
The conflict in the Gaza Strip has resulted in the death of over 34,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry there. Israel launched its offensive after Oct. 7, when Hamas militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages in an attack on southern Israel.
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