The American news coverage of the growing number of university protests called Gaza Solidarity Encampments is not being well-covered. For example, when the news broke that there were snipers at Emory University, and then at Ohio State University, someone made the assumption that civilians were the ones holding and pointing the rifles. However, the police were called by the universities to come be placed onto the roof, and point rifles at the students and faculty, who were engaging in sitting and setting up their tents. Violence occurred if police or pro-Israeli civilians came in to agitate.

Also not covered as much are Jewish students and faculty participating in these Pro-Palestinian protests. Like this night in the streets for Seder for Passover.

Several professors have joined the students to protect them and serve as witnesses. Some parents have voiced how proud they are of their child. Despite the tuition that may be going to these universities. NBC New York reported: "The students' plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives."

Presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested at an anti-war protest at Washington University, held, and charged with assault of a police officer, as reported by Al Jazeera. She is 73 years old, and was arrested with 99 other people. “It was kind of scary to tell you the truth,” she said in an interview with local news station KSDK as reported by Time.

In depth accounts to follow on the Encampments at Universities are Ahmed Eldin, Wear The Peace, Everyday Is Juneteenth

a little gaza news :: University Encampment Edition

This roundup for "a little gaza news" highlights some moments of the Gaza Encampments, as well as emerging testimony from IDF (Israeli Defense Forces aka Israeli Occupation Forces).

• “There Are No Universities Left In Gaza: Israel’s Destruction Of Gaza’s Education System.” - Middle East Eye
  ”After more than 200 days of Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza, many of Gaza’s educational institutions lie in ruins. According to a team of UN experts, there are currently no universities remaining in Gaza due to the devastating bombardment of the Israeli army. Palestine has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, but the war on Gaza has devastated the education sector, killing thousands of students, and leaving hundreds of thousands others out of school for almost seven months.”

• “Do you want Columbia University to be cursed by God?”
  The real life question asked by Congressman Rick Allen to Minouche Shafik, the President of Columbia University. She answers: “Definitely not.” And then orders the police to begin arresting students and faculty, which turns violent. She expels students and has them evicted. Students might have 15 minutes to gather their things. Their things were otherwise tossed into a tall pile of trash that they weren’t allowed to touch, according to other reports and photos. She has been president of Columbia University for less than a year.

• Students being pulled and dragged away by police at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. - Everyday Is Juneteenth

• T-Shirt Of Arrested Man: “Jews Say Ceasefire Now” - Wear The Peace

  “Antisemitism on college campuses” | This is IU professor Ben Robinson being arrested. He was subsequently banned from campus for a year for “criminal trespassing” yesterday.

• NYU Faculty Form A Chain Around Gaza Solidarity Encampment As Students Prepare To Pray - Wear The Peace

• “Dr. Noëlle McAfee Noelle McAfee, the chair of the philosophy department at Emory University in Atlanta, was arrested during a pro-Palestine protest on campus.” - Middle East Eye
  This arrest was incredible. Noelle came out to witness a student being beaten by police. She was concerned for her students, and stayed. When the police told her to leave, she declined, and they arrested her.

• Dr. Noëlle McAfee, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and chair of the philosophy department at Emory University, speaks out following her arrest at the encampment the day before. - Everyday Is Juneteenth

• Jewish Organizer and If Not Now Co-Founder Simone Zimmerman Says: "We see echoes of things we’ve been taught to oppose our whole lives happening in Gaza right now.” - Middle East Eye

  If Not Now co-founder Simone Zimmerman tells El Sayyed the values young Jews are taught about their faith and their history compels them to speak out against Israel and fight for Palestinian freedom. Zimmerman’s personal story from a pro-Israeli student to a pro-Palestinian organizer was documented in the acclaimed new film ‘Israelism’. This was on this week’s episode of The Big Picture Podcast on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

• Members of All That’s Left joined Rabbis4Ceasefire in a journey to the Erez crossing to Gaza to try and bring in humanitarian aid. - atlcol
  "During the Passover Seder, we read in the hagadah “all who are hungry, let them eat.” Liberation for some - for Jews only - is a false liberation. And yet, a state that claims to speak for world Jewry is - on Passover and since October 7th - starving tens of thousands of innocent people in Gaza."

  Rabbis For Human Rights CEO Avi Dabush told @atlcol: “We are commanded to not turn away.” We cannot look on idly as thousands are brutally oppressed in our name. Though the police stopped us from bringing in aid - which we will instead bring to Palestinian communities in the West Bank - and arrested several activists, we will continue to fight for justice and human dignity until all are free from the river to the sea."

• “Israeli soldiers don’t draw the line between terrorists and civilians.” And IDF soldier speaks out to News4 - Channel 4 News
  In this interview, and IDF solider talks about why Palestinian kids are targeted to kill. “A lot of them [IDF] don’t draw the line between terrorists and civilians.” In a rare interview, an Israeli soldier tells us the attitudes of some IDF soldiers serving in Gaza since the October 7th attacks. The IDF says it only targets Hamas, which hides behind civilians.”

• Ohio State Campus Police Attempting To Arrest Students While Praying - zjpeace
  “A human chain formed by students blocked violent Ohio State Police from reaching peaceful protestors who were offering prayer amidst a protest.”

  “Let them pray,” is what was being chanted. “The way this made me cry,” said zjpeace.

• Over 200 zip-tied Palestinians found executed in a hospital and YOU are upset at our protest??? - Wear The Peace
  This posted got voted Best Poster by one of ALBB’s readers. “If you’re mad about the peaceful protests but not the mass graves, the children under the rubble, the 2 million humans starving, the 35,000 dead, and the genocide as a whole, then you have selective empathy towards humans, and Palestinians don’t make the cut in your racist selection of who deserves said “empathy”. Picture: Jewish Voice For Peace and taken by Watch Me Rise.

• Children from Gaza say Thank You to the Students. - untoldpalestine

• The Poem, “If I Must Die” by Professor Refaat Al-Areer, written before he was murdered by Israel in December. His eldest daughter, Shaimaa Refaat, was assassinated by Israel, along with her husband and newborn baby.

• An apartheid checkpoint in Canada, banning the Keffiyeh - fatenelwan
  “Ontario Legislature staff discriminated against our group under the auspices of the racist Keffiyeh ban, preventing us from reaching the viewing gallery in time.”

• Zionist citizens are not walking on this side of the wall with graffiti. They have crossed over. Notice the amount of IDF soldiers in an area for what reason. This is everyday life for some Palestinians. For 76 years of US/Israeli occupation. Must stop. Free Palestine 🇵🇸