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A California-based company that specializes in providing on-demand crowds for protests says that despite receiving more than 100 requests to get involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations across the U.S., it plans to stay away. “One of the big things with any cause that we take on is, I want to see an opportunity to constructively engage and to change minds …

A group of at least 75 anti-Israel agitators staged an encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. According to a statement by Drexel University President John Fry, 75 anti-Israel protesters set up an encampment on campus at the Korman Quad on Saturday evening. Fry said the individuals participated in the Philly Palestine Coalition’s Nakba Day march to …

Morehouse College is praising its students and faculty after at least seven graduates and one faculty member sat with their backs turned to President Biden as he delivered his commencement address at the Atlanta school earlier Sunday. Morehouse said “peaceful assembly is core” to the school’s “social justice tradition,” and its administration “fully supports and defends the right to peacefully …

The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine said he is “brokenhearted” in an overnight statement on Thursday after the campus erupted into chaos during an anti-Israel protest hours earlier. On Wednesday, hundreds of anti-Israel agitators swarmed campus buildings and set up barricades, forcing school administrators to call law enforcement agencies to restore order. Several dozen people are believed to …

Some of the anti-Israel agitators who were arrested Wednesday as authorities dismantled an anti-Israel encampment on the University of California, Irvine campus, claimed to be professors at the college. At least 47 people were arrested after hundreds of protesters swarmed the campus and set up barricades, the university said Thursday. The chaos began when several hundred protesters entered the Physical …

University of Michigan regent Jordan Acker said masked anti-Israel protesters intruded at his home “with a list of demands” early Wednesday morning while his wife and children were sleeping inside. In a post on X with more than 1 million views, Acker said a “masked intruder” showed up at his residence with a list of demands, “including defending the police.” …

The president of Sonoma State University has been placed on leave for agreeing to meet anti-Israel student protesters’ demands “without the appropriate approvals.” California State University Chancellor Mildred García placed Sonoma State University President Mike Lee on leave after he published an official email in which he agreed to include students in efforts to divest the university from Israel, among …

A Columbia University student’s anti-Israel remarks during her commencement address were disrupted after an apparent glitch repeatedly cut off her microphone. Saham David Ahmed Ali was addressing graduates of the Mailman School of Public Health, when her speech turned to bashing the Ivy League school and Israel’s war in Gaza, which has resulted in a high civilian death toll. “The …

As the academic year draws to a close and commencements take place across the country, the universities are hoping that the energy of the anti-Israel protests is fading, despite declarations of intent to remain active this summer, including at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The protests have revealed something significant that must be monitored and addressed: Not only does …

Nearly 50 people were arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed the campus of UC Irvine in California and set up barricades, the university confirmed Thursday. The university said that the 47 individuals arrested were charged with trespassing or failing to disperse after a direct police order. The booking process began on campus and those arrested were taken to the …