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Anti-Israel protests

Protests on UK campuses fail to mobilise same support as US counterparts

Small encampments have appeared at a number of British universities

By Jane Prinsley

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Pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn of the Kings College, University of Cambridge (Photo: social media)

Police tackle anti-Israel protesters disrupting the arrivals for the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York. (Photo by ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-Israel protesters blocked from disrupting Met Gala

By Jane Prinsley

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People rally on the campus of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters in New York (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Columbia University

Columbia cancels main graduation ceremony after campus protests

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People rally on the campus of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters in New York (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Columbia University

Why we shouldn’t shut down student protests for Palestine

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Protesters are escorted away by French riot police during the evacuation of an anti-Israel sit-in in the entrance hall of the Sciences Po university in Paris on 3 May, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

French police storm Sciences Po building occupied by anti-Israel student protesters

By Eliana Jordan

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Inside a US college Gaza camp: ‘No one cares about how this is affecting Jewish students’

Inside a US college Gaza camp: ‘No one cares about how this is affecting Jewish students’

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NYPD officers in riot gear break into a building at Columbia University, where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on April 30, 2024. New York police entered Columbia University's campus late April 30, 2024 and were in front of a building barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters, an AFP reporter saw. Dozens of people were around Hamilton Hall, on the Columbia campus in the middle of New York City, as police arrived and began pushing protesters outside, the reporter said. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

NYU says over half arrested for anti-Israel riots not tied to school

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By Edward Isaacs

It will take courage to stop UK campuses from turning into their US counterparts

I have hope that the scenes we’ve seen at Columbia and UCLA won’t be repeated here

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May 2, 2024 11:49

UCLA campus security outside the illegal Gaza encampment in Los Angeles (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

UK students attempt to copy the US with small campus encampments

Two weeks after Columbia University’s student encampment began, students in UK attempt to recreate the demonstration

By Eliana Jordan

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May 1, 2024 11:58

Seven students at Bristol University have set up a Gaza Solidarity Encampment after the one initiated by students at Columbia University. (Photo: Epigram via X)

Anti-Israel Jewish group writes backwards Hebrew on seder plate for Gaza

Members of Jewish Voice for Peace drew widespread ridicule over their botched attempt at Hebrew

By Rosa Doherty

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April 30, 2024 11:23

JVP LA members at USC failed to notice the Hebrew on their Seder plate was back-to-front

Leader of Columbia Gaza tent protest: ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’

Columbia University student Khymani James said during a livestream in January: ‘Be grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists’

By Eliana Jordan

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April 26, 2024 11:23

Khymani James, a junior at Columbia University and leading organiser of Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, said during a livestream in January that "Zionists don't deserve to live." (Photo: Screenshot via X)

Gaza marches: Board of Deputies to demand update to law on public protests

The 1986 Public Order Act is ‘clearly failing to control the stirring up of racial hatred’

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April 25, 2024 17:36

Marie van der Zyl criticised 'a concentrated campaign intended to bring central London to a standstill' (Photo: AFP)

Columbia University: Gaza encampment told to clear out or face ‘alternative options’

President Minouche Shafik faces mounting calls for her resignation as protests continue across US campuses

By Eliana Jordan

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April 24, 2024 11:53

A Pro-Palestine protestor is arrested at the gates of Columbia University on 22 April 2024 in New York City amid the days-long encampment by student demonstrators. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Met chief apologises in person to community leaders over ‘openly Jewish’ remark

The meeting came after Rishi Sunak described the force’s treatment of a Jewish man as ‘unconscionable’

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April 22, 2024 14:16

Sir Mark Rowley is under pressure to resign over the Met's handling of anti-Israel marches after footage emerged of an officer threatening to arrest an 'openly Jewish' man (Photo: AFP)

Policeman threatens to arrest campaigner for being ‘openly Jewish’ at Gaza rally in London

CAA head Gideon Falter was told his presence could cause a ‘breach of peace’

By Jane Prinsley

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April 19, 2024 11:30

Policeman threatens to arrest campaigner for being ‘openly Jewish’ at Gaza rally in London

Concern for Jewish teachers as NEU members prepare to vote on anti-Israel motion

Motion to be voted on at conference says Israel is ‘main driver’ of violence in conflict with Hamas

By Jane Prinsley

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April 3, 2024 12:27

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