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Pro-Palestinian Protests
Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated from April 2024 until the summer, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Gaza war protests. The escalation, nicknamed by activists the "student intifada", began on April 18 after mass arrests at the Columbia University campus occupation, led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel over the Gaza genocide. 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 prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza War Protests
The Gaza war has sparked protests, demonstrations, and vigils around the world. These protests focused on a variety of issues related to the conflict, including demands for a ceasefire, an end to the October 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israeli blockade and Israeli-occupied territories, occupation, return of Israeli Gaza war hostage crisis, hostages, protesting War crimes in the Gaza war, war crimes, ending United States support for Israel in the Gaza war, US support for Israel and providing humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip, Gaza. Since the war began on 7 October 2023, the death toll has exceeded 50,000. Some of the protests have resulted in violence and accusations of antisemitism and Anti-Palestinianism during the Gaza war, anti-Palestinianism. In some European countries, and Palestine itself, protestors were criminalized, with countries such as France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Hungary restricting pro-Palestinian political speech, while Hamas in Gaza tortur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
