Gaza war protests at universities
During the Gaza war and genocide, protests on university campuses in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Gaza war protests. The escalation, nicknamed the "student intifada" by activists, began on April 18 after mass arrests at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel. Over 3,100 protesters were arrested in the U.S., including faculty members and professors, on over 60 campuses. Protests spread across Europe in May with mass arrests in the Netherlands, 20 encampments established in the United Kingdom, and across universities in Australia and Canada. The different protests' varying demands included severing financial ties with Israel, transparency about financial ties, ending partnerships with Israeli institutions, and amnesty for protesters. Universities suspended and expelled student protesters, in some...
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