My first distinct recollection about Palestine dates back to late 2014. Israel had just concluded one of its periodic massacres in Gaza, slaughtering more than 2,200 Palestinians and destroying more than 18,000 homes in the space of just 51 days. Reading UN reports on my phone, I was particularly horrified to learn that nearly 65.
On November 9, 26 students and two faculty were arrested by the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) during a sit-in at Rosenwald Hall in protest of the University’s investments in institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. Though legal charges have been dropped, the University’s disciplinary process is ongoing. Gathered here are excerpts from.
Pro-Palestine students at the University of Chicago are demanding a boycott of a course taught this semester by a former Israeli Defense Forces General.