2024 University of Oregon pro-Palestinian campus occupation
| 2024 University of Oregon pro-Palestinian campus occupation | |
|---|---|
| Part of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses | |
 The University of Oregon encampment on May 1, 2024 | |
| Date | April 29, 2024 – present (13 days) |
| Location | |
On April 29, 2024, approximately 100 University of Oregon students established a camp on the Eugene campus to support Palestinians in Gaza and demanding action from administrators.[1][2][3][4] As part of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses, demonstrators requested for the university to divest from “the state of Israel, Israeli companies, and any weapons or surveillance manufacturing.”[5]
Background[edit]
Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and in other countries, as a part of wider Israel–Hamas war protests. The escalation began after mass arrests at the Columbia University campus occupation, led by anti-Zionist groups, in which protesters demanded the university's disinvestment from Israel over its alleged genocide of Palestinians.[6][7] As of May 9, over 2,900 protesters have been arrested,[8] including faculty members and professors,[9][10] on over 60 U.S. campuses,[8] with protests spreading across Europe.[11][12] Some protesters have termed the movement as a "student intifada".[a][16]
Timeline[edit]
May 1[edit]
On May 1, the University of Oregon president, Karl Scholz, made a statement regarding the encampment. While explicitly supporting the student right to protest and exchange ideas, he criticized protester demands for divestment as having a "performative aspect."[17] Despite this, 74 university faculty and staff have signed an open letter in support of the encampment.
May 5–6[edit]
By May 5, the encampment had grown to nearly 150 tents.[18] On the afternoon of May 6, encampment spokespersons alleged that they had received a letter from university administrators threatening to revoke academic amnesty from protesters should the camp remain the following day at noon. This came amidst complaints from some Jewish students among whom the encampment had caused discomfort. In response to this, one protester stated that the demonstration calls for formal protection for Jewish students, and that Jewish student-represented organizations such as Jewish Voice for Peace have helped in setting up the encampment.[19]
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References[edit]
- ^ Cyr, Miranda. "Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment at University of Oregon campus in Eugene". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ "University of Oregon students begin encampment, call for boycott of Israel". opb. Archived from the original on 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Pietsch, Chris. "Coalition of pro-Palestinian protesters gathers at University of Oregon encampment". The Register-Guard. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ "Pro-Palestinian protest sweeps University of Oregon". KEZI 9 News. 2024-04-30. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Team, Daily Emerald News (2023-11-27). "University of Oregon pro-Palestine encampment wraps up first week". Daily Emerald. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ "US college protests: Who are the student groups and others involved". Reuters. April 30, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
Among the lead student groups in the coalition are the Columbia chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. The two decades-old anti-Zionism advocacy groups that protest Israel's military occupation have chapters across the country that have been key to protests on other campuses.
- ^ Rosman, Katherine (April 29, 2024). "Universities Face an Urgent Question: What Makes a Protest Antisemitic?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 29, 2024. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
Pro-Palestinian student activists say their movement is anti-Zionist but not antisemitic.
- ^ a b Rubin, April; Beheraj, Kavya; Lysik, Tory; Chase, Will (May 3, 2024). "Mapped: Where pro-Palestinian student protesters have been arrested". Axios. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
- ^ "Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world". Al Jazeera. April 29, 2024. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Treisman, Rachel (May 1, 2024). "How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words". NPR. Archived from the original on May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
It's one of several schools around the country where professors are getting arrested at demonstrations, circulating letters in support of arrested protesters and holding no-confidence votes in their administrations.
- ^ Kassam, Ashifa (2024-05-08). "Clashes and arrests as pro-Palestinian protests spread across European campuses". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe. Some are allowed. Some are stopped". AP News. 2024-05-07. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "What is an intifada?". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on April 26, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (2018-11-20). "What were the intifadas?". Vox. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Intifadas: What you need to know – DW – 12/07/2017". DW. Archived from the original on April 18, 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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- Makoii, Akhtar (2024-05-08). "Pro-Palestinian protesters project 'student intifada' slogan onto university". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University on Wednesday after protesters projected a US flag in flames and slogans including "Long live the student intifada" onto a building overnight.
- Alvarez, Maximillian (2024-05-03). "Inside the 'Student Intifada': A roundtable with campus organizers". The Real News Network. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
It is being called the Student Intifada, a grassroots protest movement spreading to different college and university campuses around the country involving students at over a hundred campuses, setting up encampments, occupations and protests (...)
- Starr, Michael (2024-05-07). "'Student intifada here to stay': Harvard activists defy suspension threat". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
Anti-Israel activists groups defied Harvard University warnings that their protest encampment must dissolve under threat of suspension, proclaiming the campus occupation movement a "student intifada" in a press conference on Monday.
- Makoii, Akhtar (2024-05-08). "Pro-Palestinian protesters project 'student intifada' slogan onto university". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ Team, Daily Emerald News (2023-11-27). "With no plan to remove students, Scholz says divestment is a "performative aspect"". Daily Emerald. Archived from the original on 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Team, Daily Emerald News (2023-11-27). "University of Oregon pro-Palestine encampment wraps up first week". Daily Emerald. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Vacca, Robert Desaulniers, Joey (2024-05-06). "Jewish students speak out about protest at University of Oregon campus". KEZI 9 News. Archived from the original on 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
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