LA County taxpayers are footing the bill for the defense of UCLA’s arrested protesters
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted last week to provide legal assistance to people arrested during a law enforcement raid to remove anti-Israel protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles. Earlier this month, California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear entered a fortified encampment outside Royce Hall and arrested more than 200 […]
Anti-Israel student protesters take over CUNY Graduate Center
On Tuesday night, dozens of anti-Israel student demonstrators occupied the library at the City University of New York Graduate Center and “renamed” it after a university in Gaza that was destroyed in an airstrike. Demonstrators held up Palestinian flags, banners and signs inside the Mina Rees Library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, announcing its new […]
Reuters shares sob stories about pro-Hamas student protesters exposed by anti-Semitism watchdog
Over the weekend, Reuters reported the sobbing stories of anti-Israel student demonstrators who were removed by the anti-Semitism watchdog group Canary Mission. Reuters itself expressed concern on Saturday about the effectiveness of the Canary Mission’s operations, suggesting it was unfairly exposing Hamas-anointed student militants, and suggesting that it was linking at least one person believed […]
Some encampment protesters are getting off easy. They’re still complaining.
Although some anti-Israel demonstrators still face criminal charges related to their direct actions, many on university campuses have had their charges dropped. Protesters arrested during camp sweeps at New York University avoid legal action, but the school requires students to submit written reflections and complete an “integrity” module. . New York University’s actions against students […]
Harvard strikes deal with anti-Israel protesters to end encampment before commencement
Harvard University has agreed to make some concessions to anti-Israel agitators in exchange for clearing a protest encampment ahead of an upcoming commencement ceremony, the two sides announced Tuesday. Harvard University interim president Alan Garber issued a message Tuesday morning saying, “Protesters have agreed to end their camp at Harvard Yard.” “The area has now […]
NYPD Says Protesters Had Weapons, Gas Masks And ‘Death to America!’ Pamphlets
A high-ranking official with the New York Police Department said protesters had weapons including knives and hammers as well as pamphlets with “Death to America!” written on them. Michael Kemper, a NYPD’s chief of transit, posted photos Friday of what police confiscated from the protesters. “For those romanticizing the protests occurring on college campuses, ‘Death […]
Climate protesters stop play in Rome before Keys sets up Swiatek meeting | Tennis
Madison Keys joked that she was tempted to confront protesters after many matches at the Italian Open were disrupted by climate crisis protest group Last Generation on Monday. During Keys’ 6-2, 6-1 victory over Solana Cirstea, the match was halted for nearly an hour as protesters threw confetti onto the clay court and attempted to […]
Anti-Israel protesters walk out on Jerry Seinfeld’s Duke University commencement speech, boo Jewish comedian, wave Palestinian flags
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was not only booed during his commencement speech at Duke University, but anti-Israel demonstrators came out waving Palestinian flags and ruined the ceremony. Video shows several students walking out during Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke University on Sunday. In the video, the iconic Jewish comedian is seen being serenaded with boos and […]
Van Hollen hits Clinton over ‘dismissive’ remarks about student protesters
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Sunday that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last week that most of the students participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests across the country are ignorant and ill-informed. criticized the chief. clinton said this on Thursday The students who occupied hundreds of university campuses in protest of the […]
Hillary Clinton slammed by Democrat for remarks about anti-Israel protesters
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused anti-Israel student demonstrators of being ignorant about the situation in the Middle East, saying they were “totally ignoring the concerns of students.” ” he criticized. “They don’t really know much about the history of the Middle East or, frankly, the history of […]