2024 Campus Protests – Jewish Review

U of Maryland must let pro-Palestinian student group hold an Oct. 7 event, judge rules

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024Sara Wood

The University of Maryland must allow a pro-Palestinian student group to hold a campus rally on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks after revoking its permit to do so, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte was a rebuke to Jewish and pro-Israel groups at the […]

Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel — but aren’t giving protesters what they wanted

September 24, 2024October 4, 2024Sara Wood

One day before its meeting earlier this month, the University of Washington Board of Regents postponed a highly consequential item that was on its agenda: a vote related to an Israel divestment proposal. But if the public university in Seattle hoped to curb disruptions at the meeting, it didn’t work. Protesters, many of them motivated […]