After only 4 days of student protests, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) vows to pull its investments in Israeli companies that feature on a UN blacklist, and set up a taskforce to explore engagement with Israeli institutions.
Young people are often the impetus behind political demonstrations -- and these past two weeks have been no different. I've recently created a topic space on @Flipboard where you can catch all the latest news, opinion, and commentary surrounding the protests sweeping college campuses across North America. Check it out below:
A pro-Palestine march took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, calling for a boycott of Eurovision due to Israel's participation and denouncing the prohibition of any Palestine-related protests at the concert regarding the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Graduates of Virginia Commonwealth University staged a walkout during their commencement ceremony in protest against their university's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Yesterday, Israeli occupation authorities, under the demand of the Israeli Ministry of Communication, arrested journalists suspected of working for the Al Jazeera channel.
BREAKING: Below is what would have been USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s commencement speech, as published on USC Annenberg Media and the Daily Trojan.
Mid-April her speech was cancelled citing security reasons triggering a series of events and national coverage.
Arizona State University (ASU) bans Dr. Jonathan Yudelman, who appeared in a video harassing a pro-Palestine Muslim woman.
According to the university president, he is "no longer permitted to be on campus and will never teach here again”
US faculty speak up and stand alongside student Gaza protesters
'At Georgia’s Emory University, faculty members have been arrested at pro-Palestine demonstrations – including Emil’ Keme, a professor of English and Indigenous studies, and Noelle McAfee, the philosophy department chair.'
'The judges, all appointees of former U.S. President Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry” in a Monday letter, opens new tab to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester.'
It is going to rain. ☔️ a lot here this week. If you live near a campus #StudentProtest, and can offer your dryer to help students dry their blankets and clothes, or bring tarps etc. it is a way to contribute.
Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process
A new anti-terrorism bill would allow the government to take away vital tax exemptions from nonprofit news outlets.
Activists worldwide send a message to America's first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, urging for a ceasefire in Gaza as Israel intentionally kills Palestinian women and children.