"I'm an American, and these people hate America," said Lax. "I want to protect my country and stand up for my country."
Encampments at a series of other schools have ended only after schools made agreements with protesters or called in police.
'I am deeply disappointed in my school’s failure to protect me, but I am even more disappointed in my peers for refusing to remove antisemitic rhetoric from their movement' says Sophie Kasson.
Five out of nine Israeli universities have improved in this year’s rankings, while the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) has come out on top, ranking 66th in the quality of its faculty.
"My initial reaction was just absolute shock," Sayed, a 20-year-old sophomore, told Reuters. "I wasn't there to say I supported Hamas. I wasn't there to say I hated Israel."
Levaton was joined by several hundred other people on UNLV’s campus on Monday for a rally against antisemitism that was organized by local Jewish and Israel advocacy groups.
In messages posted overnight on social media X, police said they had to act to stop the event and dismantle tents that been set up by protesters, who used violence against police at the site.
Ilan Sinelnikov, founder and President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post
Columbia’s commencement announcement came hours before its own journalism school prepared to announce the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, the prestigious journalism and literature prize.
College graduation ceremonies witness pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests. Instances include flag displays, symbolic acts, and controversial speeches, but ceremonies proceed as planned.