campus activism

Israeli and U.S. flags seen on MIT's campus during the university protests, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 4, 2024. (Peaceearth/Wikimedia Commons)

After crushing dissent, U.S. universities are deepening ties with Israeli academia

Israeli universities regularly collaborate with the military, which has destroyed all academic life in Gaza. That's done nothing to slow U.S.-Israeli partnerships.

By Dikla Taylor-Sheinman and Georgia Gee August 11, 2025

Students from inside the gates of Columbia University wave Palestinian flags through the bars, April 22, 2024. (SWinxy/Wikimedia Commons)

Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction is a fascist move — and universities must respond

Schools across the United States have a choice: defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes.

By Dima Khalidi March 11, 2025

The fifth day of the Gaza encampment at UPenn in Philadelphia, April 29, 2024. (Joe Piette/CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

The Democrats’ stubborn refusal to learn from the campus protests for Palestine

In Philadelphia and across the U.S., progressive young voters rejected the idea that domestic priorities must be tied to a destructive policy abroad.

By Ahmed Moor December 17, 2024

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Students protest in solidarity with Palestinians at NYU, New York, April 29, 2024. (Naim Mousa)

Inside NYU’s generation-defining protests for Palestine

College administrations across the U.S. have put themselves on the wrong side of history by cracking down on the groundswell of student activism.

By Naim Mousa April 30, 2024

Journalists reports outside a protest encampment for Palestine at Columbia University, New York, April 23, 2024. (Pamela Drew/CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

Israeli media’s inevitable hysteria over U.S. campus protests

The media’s unbending self-censorship in covering Gaza has made Israelis incapable of seeing foreign criticism as anything other than antisemitism.

By Anat Saragusti April 29, 2024

A protest encampment for Palestine at Columbia University, New York, April 23, 2024. (Pamela Drew/CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

Campus protests for Gaza are proliferating — and so is the repression

With calls for divestment spreading this past week, students share how dozens of U.S. colleges are cracking down on pro-Palestine demonstrations.

By Julian Epp April 26, 2024

People attend a rally in Jerusalem held in solidarity with Jews in the United States and across the world following a wave of antisemite attacks on Jews and in parallel to the rally held in New York, January 5, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Is the ‘antisemitism crisis’ on US college campuses real?

Journalist Arno Rosenfeld explains how the narrative pushed by establishment groups is disconnected from most Jewish students' experiences on campus, especially around Israel.

By Natasha Soffer-Roth June 28, 2023

The UC Berkeley campus in California, United States, December 11, 2012. (Charlie Nguyen/CC BY 2.0)

Anatomy of a scandal: Unraveling the myth of ‘Jewish-free zones’ at UC Berkeley

The manufactured controversy surrounding a student group pledge underlines the dangers of legal attempts to conflate anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

By Nate Orbach October 26, 2022

Israeli police officers arrest a Palestinian student ahead of a Nakba Day event at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

On Israeli campuses, Palestinian student activists fear for their safety

A spike in harassment and arrests of Palestinian organizers shows that Israeli universities are far from the liberal bastions they profess to be.

By Maiyse Abuleil June 15, 2022

Members of Harvard PSC pose for a protest photo on campus. (Courtesy of Harvard PSC)

The movement behind Harvard Crimson’s BDS endorsement

The student newspaper’s landmark position follows years of tireless organizing by Palestinians and allies in the face of institutional pushback.

By Harvard PSC June 6, 2022

Members and supporters of NYU Students for Justice in Palestine rally in Washington Square Park to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nakba, adjacent to a gathering by the pro-Israel group CAMERA on Campus. May 12, 2016. (Joe Catron/(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Florida university accused of fostering anti-Palestinian racism

In first case of its kind, Palestinian student files civil rights complaint against Florida State University for discrimination based on his national origin.

By Alex Kane April 19, 2021

Entance of the Ethical Culture School (Fieldston) in New York. (Eden, Janine, and Jim/Flickr)

New York high school sparks public storm over free speech on Israel

The firing of a teacher in an elite private school is part of a significant rise in incidents targeting pro-Palestine speech in secondary education.

By Mairav Zonszein January 26, 2020

Members and supporters of Fordham Students for Justice in Palestine rally on the university's Manhattan campus against the Fordham administration's refusal to register SJP as a student organization, January 23, 2017. (Joe Catron)

A landmark win for Palestine student activism

Fordham University tried to shut down a Students for Justice in Palestine club over its support for Palestinian rights and BDS. That is, until a New York judge gave Palestine campus activism its first legal victory. By Radhika Sainath Last week, in a landmark ruling, a New York judge ordered Fordham University in Manhattan to recognize a…

By +972 Magazine August 16, 2019