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A week after Rep. Ilhan Omars daughter, Isra Hirsi, was arrested for protesting at Columbia University, she and her Squad member mother visited the pro-Gaza camp on campus to take selfies.

A pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University has sparked similar protests throughout the United States, as well as France, eliciting both praise and condemnation as authorities in some areas attempt to disperse the crowds.

More than 100 students and staff were arrested at New York University (NYU) on Monday night as protests around the Israel-Hamas war reached a boiling...

The varsity was thrust into the limelight over the suspension and arrest of over 100 students protesting against university involvement with companies linked to Israel.

Sarah Jones writes that by protesting for Palestine, students are asking universities to live up to the ideals they profess on paper.

Last week, the congressional spotlight fell on Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, who followed the acts of Claudine Gay (formerly Harvard’s president) and Elizabeth Magill (formerly Penn’s). Gay and Magill were asked to speak in December to a House committee about their schools’ climates since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and Israel […]

The mayor said people have the right to protest, but was not pleased with the chaos that some protesters caused.

And for decades, schools have tried to crack down on that activism.

Columbia University president testified to Congress last week about pro-Palestinian protests on their campus