After protesters calling for Ohio State University to divest from Israel took over the South Oval on campus, police interfered and detained multiple people. Students and protesters at OSU rallied Thursday evening for the third time this week.
No injuries were reported from the protests or arrests. Three arrested, including student and faculty member, at anti-Israel protest Thursday afternoon. Earlier in the day Thursda
Ohio State University became the latest site of student protests against Israel as hundreds of students, faculty and members of the Ohio Arab community rallied outside the student union.
Jews and students from every background — who seek an excellent undergraduate education and an environment striving to be free of harassment and Jew-hatred to apply,’ Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz said.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators want universities to cut their investments in everything tied to Israel and weapons that fuel the war in Gaza. But university administrators and lawmakers have for decades rejected the Boycott,
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand has joined a bipartisan group of 29 senators to support a bill she says will help address the rise in antisemitism on college campuses. On Thursday, Gillibrand announced she was introducing the Antisemitism Awareness Act with Sens.