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The Wire – Jewish Voice for Peace<\/p><\/div>\n

1 May 2024 <\/em>– In a matter of days, dozens of Gaza solidarity encampments have sprung up on over a hundred university campuses across the U.S. It\u2019s the biggest student movement since the anti-war protests that swept U.S. universities in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

As encampments are erected across the country, students have peacefully called for divestment from Israel\u2019s oppression of Palestinians. In response, many school administrations are inviting police onto campuses to violently crack down on students.<\/p>\n

For over six months, tens of thousands of Jews and countless other people of conscience have fought to end the genocide Israel is committing against Palestinians in Gaza. We continue to demand that the Biden administration end its support for the Israeli military.<\/p>\n

The Biggest Student Anti-War Movement since Vietnam<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As the movement for a ceasefire grows, students across the country have organized in the thousands to demand that their universities cut ties with Israel\u2019s apartheid regime. Over 100 Gaza solidarity encampments have been established on campuses across the country, reclaiming the space as\u00a0 \u201cliberated zones\u201d and \u201cpopular universities for Gaza.\u201d Student chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace have been involved in organizing at least 47 of these encampments.<\/p>\n

At the University of Chicago<\/strong>, students established the \u201cPopular University for Gaza\u201d<\/a> on the main quad of the University of Chicago campus. Painted boards bearing the messages \u201cDisclose, divest, and repair\u201d and \u201cIn solidarity with Gaza forever\u201d have been erected around the encampment. At the University of Minnesota, <\/strong>after their pro-Palestine encampment was cleared and nine were arrested last week, hundreds of student protesters set up a new encampment <\/a>on Monday, linking arms<\/a> to protect it after fresh arrests were threatened.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so on, at over one hundred campuses across the country.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In response to these peaceful student anti-war protests against genocide<\/em>, many school administrations have invited police onto campus for violent crackdowns.<\/p>\n

Violent Repression at Columbia University and City College<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At Columbia University, negotiations broke down and the university began issuing fresh suspensions on Monday. In response, hundreds of Columbia students and professors occupied Hamilton Hall, one of the buildings occupied by anti-war student protesters in 1968. Faculty linked arms with students to protect protesters inside.<\/p>\n

Students renamed<\/a> the occupied building \u201cHind\u2019s Hall,\u201d after 6-year-old Hind Rajab, who was murdered alongside her family by the Israeli military in Gaza. For hours, Hind was left to bleed out as Israeli forces fired on ambulances trying to reach her.<\/p>\n