Pro-Palestinian demonstrators want universities to cut their investments in everything tied to Israel and weapons that fuel the war in Gaza. But university administrators and lawmakers have for decades rejected the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel, viewing it as antisemitic.
NEW HAVEN - About 45 protesters at Yale University were arrested and charged with trespassing Monday morning during a protest seeking the university to divest from weapons manufacturers that supply Israel with arms, police said.New Haven police officers assisted the Yale Police Department in the are
Protesters regroup at Columbia, garnering support from students at other colleges. Penn blocks a pro-Palestinian group; USC cancels more graduation speakers. Campus unrest stemming from the Israel-Hamas war ratcheted up over the weekend, following last week’s Congressional testimony on antisemitism by Columbia University’s leaders and the arrest of more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on the university’s New York campus. But the tensions spread far beyond Morningside Heights, gripping campuses around the country. A roundup of the latest developments: