The Palestine solidarity encampment on the quad represents a significant trial for the University of Chicago’s frequently emphasized commitments to academic freedom and free expression. This challenge arises from internal tensions within the policies of the University, connected to the questions of what constitutes disruption, and what constitutes institutional ideological neutrality. It is of great.
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Joining large-scale protests on college campuses across the country, students at the University of Chicago set up an encampment Monday that they say they plan to occupy until administrators heed their concerns and divest from companies with ties to Israel, including weapons manufacturers supplying arms to Israel’s military. After setting up more than a dozen tents in the Main Quadrangle on the .
On Sunday, April 7, Spotlight on the News will interview Yinam Cohen, the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest and Nicole Wells Stallworth, the new CEO of The Children's Center of Detroit.
Two American brothers who were detained in Gaza earlier this month by Israeli forces are being held in Ashkelon prison, a US official tells CNN. Ashkelon is in central Israel just north of the Gaza strip.