As pro-Palestinian encampment protests entered their second day at the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison and Milwaukee Tuesday, some Jewish students and organizations expressed concern about what the protesters’ message meant for them.
Protesters calling for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to cut any ties with Israel filled the campus Library Mall on Monday and set up tents, ignoring the university’s warning that camping there is against state law.
Early this morning, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Library Mall to protest in solidarity with Gaza.
A pro-Palestinian encampment remained in place late Monday night on the UW-Madison campus. Throughout the day, university leaders warned demonstrators any kind of camping on campus was illegal.
Students at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee joined the wave of protests occurring at campuses across the United States to support Palestinian liberation, speak out against Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has killed over 30,000 people and to urge their universities to cut ties with Israel.
College students across Wisconsin are protesting Israel’s war in Gaza and standing in solidarity with Palestinians.
Campus protests against the war in Gaza have reached Wisconsin universities. Hundreds of students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison gathered on the Library Mall on Monday to demand that the university divest from Israel.
Students at the Universities of Wisconsin in Madison and Milwaukee joined the nationwide campus movement demanding their schools to support Palestinian liberation and divest from pro-Israel companies and causes. Both universities held rallies and established encampments Monday.
Students, staff, and members of the public organized a pro-Palestinian rally and encampment at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Madison campuses.
Across the U.S., college students are building “Gaza Solidarity Encampments” to demonstrate support for Palestinians. But as tensions rise, many students have wondered what rights they have to demonstrate on the campuses where they live and pay tuition.
Photo coverage of protests.
Hundreds gathered at Library Mall early Monday in support of the Palestinians in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas continues.
More than 200 people attended a protest Monday at University of Wisconsin-Madison in support of the Palestinian people. Demonstrators set up at least a dozen tents on the grass outside Memorial Library.
An encampment erected Monday in support of Palestinians and against the war in Gaza appeared dug in after a day-long demonstration on Library Mall that defied warnings and threats of consequences from UW-Madison leaders and the campus police department.
A group called “Students for Justice in Palestine – UW Madison” organized the event.It defined its protest against “ongoing genocide and Zionist war crimes in Gaza, and against the new wave of student repression across the country.”
According to a UW spokesperson, Reesor is meeting with protest organizers Monday night. The University asked students to comply with campus policy and state law by taking down their tents, but several tents remained in place.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students protesting for Pro-Palestine encamped overnight on Library Mall.Hundreds of students in support of Palestine started protesting at 9 a.m. on Monday.
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An encampment was built on the University of Wisconsin campus around 9:40 a.m. Monday. The building of the encampment followed a protest on Library Mall during which hundreds of students and community members led chants denouncing the ongoing war in Gaza and calling for UW’s divestment from the state of Israel.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organized a protest on Monday to call for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “financial and social” divestment from Israel, mirroring similar pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses across the country.
Ahead of a planned protest next week over the war in Gaza, officials at UW-Madison sent a letter to students Friday reminding them of the consequences of breaking the law and university policies regarding protests, including a long-held policy that bans camping on university property.
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As pro-Palestinian encampments pop up at colleges across the country, student groups have scheduled Monday morning rallies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee.
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Demonstrations intensified on college campuses across the country over the last week, a sign of students’ growing discontent over their schools’ responses to the war in Gaza.
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When a University of Wisconsin-Madison pier collapsed last year, the cause seemed pretty simple: There were too many people on the structure at the time.
But a newly released investigative report found overcapacity was not the cause of the Labor Day collapse that plunged dozens of people into Lake Mendota. Rather, the report indicated people on the pier were jumping and introducing too much strain on the pier, causing it to crumple.
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