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In January 2024, students at a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus were sprayed with a chemical that they alleged to be Skunk, a foul-smelling spray usually used as crowd control by the Israel Defense Forces, causing various injuries. [21] [22] [23] In response, demonstrators organized a protest outside the university. [24]
Actor Alec Baldwin appeared at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York City on Monday and was filmed getting into a heated clash with a protester that culminated with the star being escorted ...
There were arrests in New York City, where protesters crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. [11] Philadelphia saw 67 arrests. [12] [13] In Portland, Maine, a protest was held outside a KeyBank location. [14] Demonstrators in San Antonio blocked the entrance to Valero's headquarters. [15] Seven people were arrested in St. Charles, Missouri. [16]
A series of occupation protests by pro-Palestinian students occurred at Columbia University in New York City from April to June 2024, in the context of the broader Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department's response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men ...
Pritam, left, and Sami, 20-year-old students, attended the pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York on November 10. Sami felt inspired to attend the rally after seeing images of violence in Gaza ...
On May 1, both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel peaceful protest groups arrived at the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. [481] The protestors were given a deadline of 9 p.m. on May 2 to vacate the public space. When this deadline was not met, nine (seven students and two unaffiliated) were arrested and later released with citations. [482]
WOL was founded in 2015 as NYC Students for Justice in Palestine. [8] It took on its current name in 2018. [8] The name "Within Our Lifetime" was chosen as a reflection of Nerdeen Kiswani's confidence in an imminent Palestinian liberation, [1] as reflected in one of the group's protest chants, "We will free Palestine, within our lifetime!"