Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest
Five-day encampment in university grounds that caused the college major loss of income ended in victory for campaigners
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Student protesters interrupt University of Michigan commencement
With some demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza and others with Israel, students waved flags and chanted slogans
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France
Ghassan Abu-Sitta, who was due to speak in French senate, is told Germany has enforced Schengen-wide entry ban
Immediate Action Needed to Ensure Independent International Oversight in Israeli Prisons and Detention Centers
Ramallah/Gaza, 2 May 2024 — Addameer, Al Mezan, Al-Haq, and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) express deep dismay at the news of the killing of 50-year-old orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, while he was being held in Israeli custody.
Leading Gaza surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh dies in Israeli prison
A prominent surgeon in Gaza has died in an Israeli prison after being held for more than four months, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups, which decried his death as part of a “systematic targeting” of health care workers.
I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
The university should have anticipated Tuesday night’s chaos — but security personnel were nowhere to be found
Scenes of total devastation driving through Gaza City
Scenes of total devastation driving through Gaza City today, +70% of homes across Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.
Storm Over Columbia
Nadia Abu El-Haj, interviewed by Max Nelson
“The only reason we didn’t descend into violence that day was that the students remained calm. They were the only adults in the room.”
Campus protests for Gaza are proliferating — and so is the repression
With calls for divestment spreading this past week, students share how dozens of U.S. colleges are cracking down on pro-Palestine demonstrations.
MESA Board Joint Statement with CAF concerning escalating repression of protest on campuses
The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association and its Committee on Academic Freedom view with increasing alarm the growing number of attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests against the ongoing Israeli state violence against Palestinians and the US diplomatic, military, and economic support for it.