2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
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| 2024 | Pro-Palestinian student protests emerge on university campuses, drawing comparisons to the anti-Vietnam War protests of the late 1960s by The Guardian. Student organizers explicitly studied and built upon the historical protest movement strategies from 1968. |
| 2024 | Protesters' chants evolved to include more explicit support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis, with some using slogans like 'Glory to the resistance!' and referencing the October 7 attacks as 'Al-Aqsa flood'. |
| 2024 | Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses began, with student encampments and demonstrations raising concerns about antisemitism and campus tensions. |
| 2024 | Over 3,100 protesters were arrested during pro-Palestinian campus protests at multiple universities across the United States. |
| 2024 | Pro-Palestinian protests emerged on university campuses across the United States, sparking political controversy and media attention during a presidential election year. |
| 2024 | Universities implemented disciplinary actions against student protesters, including suspensions, expulsions, and campus housing evictions. |
| 2024 | More than 100 colleges and universities strengthened restrictions on protests, with several schools banning camping on their grounds by fall 2024. |
| 2024 | Police departments used aggressive tactics during protests, including deploying riot gear, pepper balls, tasers, and tear gas to clear unauthorized encampments. |
| November 2024 | Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg announced breaking ties with Reichman University in Israel due to its stance on Gaza. |
| November 2024 | Hundreds of 'wanted' posters targeting faculty members were spread across the University of Rochester campus, with some posters making antisemitic accusations against Jewish faculty. |
| September 2024 | James Carlson, a 40-year-old lawyer, is indicted on charges of burning an Israeli flag outside the Columbia campus. |
| September 2024 | MIT Coalition for Palestine announced MIT would discontinue the MIT-Lockheed Martin Seed Fund, ending a collaboration program with Israeli universities. |
| August 2024 | San Francisco State University began divestment process from four weapons manufacturers involved with the war. |
| August 2024 | University of Michigan student government voted to freeze funding for student clubs until the university meets student activists' divestment demands. |
| June 2024 | A Within Our Lifetime representative shouts for Zionists to leave a subway train. |
| June 11 2024 | University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada agreed to protesters' demands to factor human rights into its investment decisions. |
| June 1 2024 | Students staged walkouts during graduation ceremonies at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| May 2024 | Multiple universities including University of Michigan, Northeastern University, University of Illinois Chicago, Indiana University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of North Carolina, and University of California, Berkeley experienced protests during graduation ceremonies. |
| May 2024 | Within Our Lifetime targets the Brooklyn Museum in a protest action. |
| May 2024 | University of Vermont canceled its graduation ceremony speaker, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, following protester demands. |
| May 2024 | DePaul University held a divestment referendum, with 91% voting in favor of divestment from Israel. |
| May 31 2024 | Ghent University in Belgium cut ties with Israeli universities and research institutions, citing concerns about connections between Israeli academic institutions and government/military services. |
| May 31 2024 | A third campus encampment was briefly established in response to an alumni reunion. |
| May 28 2024 | University of Copenhagen announced ceasing investments in companies operating in the occupied West Bank, planning to divest US$145,810 from Airbnb, Booking.com, and EDreams. |
| May 28 2024 | Academic workers' strikes continue at UC Davis and UCLA. |
| May 21 2024 | University of Helsinki suspended student exchanges with Israeli universities after two weeks of campus protests. |
| May 20 2024 | First academic workers' strike takes place at UC Santa Cruz. |
| May 13 2024 | Approximately 1,000 Dutch students and university staff participated in a national walk-out in support of the pro-Palestinian protest movement. |
| May 13 2024 | University of Amsterdam closed for two days after renewed campus occupations by pro-Palestinian protesters. |
| May 12 2024 | 20 encampments established across universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. |
| May 8 2024 | Data for Progress and Zeteo poll showed mixed political views on student protests, with 55% of Democrats disapproving of limiting student protest rights. |
| May 8 2024 | Pro-Palestinian protests expanded to more than 25 countries worldwide. |
| May 7 2024 | Protests spread to European university campuses following mass arrests at the University of Amsterdam, including campus building occupations at Leipzig University in Germany, Sciences Po in France, and Ghent University in Belgium. |
| May 7 2024 | Protests spread across Europe, with mass arrests occurring in the Netherlands. |
| May 7 2024 | Axios poll revealed that 8% of college students participated in pro-Palestinian protests, with complex perspectives on blame and support. |
| May 6 2024 | Pro-Palestinian student protests occurred in 45 U.S. states and Washington D.C., with encampments, occupations, walkouts, and sit-ins established on nearly 140 campuses across the United States. |
| May 6 2024 | Trinity College Dublin agreed to end investments in 3 of 13 Israeli companies listed on the UN Human Rights Council 'blacklist' following campus protests. |
| May 3 2024 | YouGov released a poll showing public opinion on campus protests, with 47% opposing and 28% supporting the demonstrations. |
| May 2 2024 | Mass arrests occur at Columbia and CCNY, with police announcing that nearly half of those arrested were unaffiliated with either school. |
| May 1 2024 | Pro-Israeli group attacked the UCLA pro-Palestinian protesters' encampment for nearly four hours, starting around 10:50 PM. Attackers from outside campus carried Israeli flags and assaulted students with sticks, stones, poles, metal fencing, and pepper spray. They threw fireworks into the camp, played provocative audio, and some reportedly chanted extremist slogans, including references to the 'Second Nakba' and antisemitic rhetoric. |
| May 1 2024 | Over 200 arrests are made at UCLA. |
| April 2024 | Nerdeen Kiswani from Within Our Lifetime arrives at the Columbia University protest encampment, calling for Palestine liberation 'by any means necessary', including armed resistance. |
| April 2024 | Columbia College conducted three divestment votes regarding Israel, with motions passing between 65-76% and 40% voter participation. |
| April 2024 | A pro-Palestinian student group won elections in the University of Michigan's student government. |
| April 2024 | Columbia University and Cal Poly Humboldt were closed for the remainder of the semester due to pro-Palestinian student occupations. |
| April 30 2024 | Approximately 300 protesters are arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York. Pro-Israel counter-protesters attack the UCLA campus occupation. |
| April 30 2024 | Protesters broke into and occupied Hamilton Hall, leading to a second NYPD raid, with over 100 protesters arrested and the complete dismantling of the camp. |
| April 29 2024 | Negotiations between administration and protesters failed, resulting in the suspension of student protesters. |
| April 28 2024 | Counter-protests are held at MIT, University of Pennsylvania, and UCLA. |
| April 28 2024 | Portland State University announced pausing financial ties with Boeing over its connections to Israel, with President Ann Cudd noting the passionate demands of campus protesters. |
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