Dec 2, 2024 · These student protest encampments first emerged on college campuses in late March but gained national attention after students at Columbia University set up tents on the campus’s south lawn on April 17.

Apr 25, 2024 · The Israeli campaign has sparked large pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the world, including in the United States where over the past eight days some students have been constructing tent...

Apr 23, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas.

Apr 23, 2024 · On Monday night, the NYPD arrested more than 100 protesters at NYU, including faculty—who formed a human chain around the encampment to protect students. Law enforcement charged students with...

May 4, 2024 · Sprinklers are turned on to deter a pro-Palestinian encampment at Arizona State University and at least three people are seen being arrested.

Apr 22, 2024 · Pro-Palestinian students at several prominent Boston-area schools spent Sunday night in tents after more than 100 Columbia University students were arrested for participating in a similar...

Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Gaza war protests that lasted until the summer. The escalation began on April 18 after mass arrests at the Columbia University campus occupation, led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded …

Apr 30, 2024 · Protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing, with police at the University of Texas at Austin arresting dozens of students whom they doused with pepper spray and pro-Palestinian...

The protests began on April 17, 2024, when pro-Palestinian students established an encampment of approximately 50 tents on the university campus, calling it the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, [2][3] and demanded the university divest from Israel.