Sacramento State's unique approach helps bring peaceful end to campus protest
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"We're not investing in students' future by engaging in relationships with companies that profit from war," Sacramento State University President Luke Wood told CBS News.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back Thursday after President Biden indicated the U.S. would withhold more weapons if Israel chooses to carry out a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes after the U.S. withheld a shipment of weapons last week over concerns about how they would be used by Israel. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv.
The Berkeley Unified School District came under the microscope on Wednesday, as its superintendent was questioned by a Congressional committee.
Israeli forces took "operational control" of the Gaza side of the vital Rafah border crossing as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the latest cease-fire proposal.
While ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel continued Monday, at San Francisco State, protesters and school administrators held a public meeting to openly discuss student demands.
Columbia University said Monday it is canceling its main commencement ceremony after weeks of protests and turmoil on campus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the proposal is "far from meeting Israel's core demands."
Israel has told Palestinians in part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah to evacuate ahead of a long-promised ground offensive.
Hamas on Sunday attacked a border crossing with Israel as cease-fire talks appeared to be on the verge of collapse. Ramy Inocencio reports.
The Biden administration has been focused intensely all week on pushing for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas war. This comes as pressure grows politically, within the president's own party, over Israel's direction in the war. Natalie Brand reports from Washington.
President Joe Biden addressed the nationwide protests in unscheduled remarks from the White House.
Violence broke out Wednesday evening at an encampment at Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus after days of peaceful assembly in response to the Israel-Hamas war, a contrast to arrests and turmoil at other American schools.
At UCLA on Wednesday, an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators was declared an "unlawful assembly" and its occupants were told to disperse. After a roughly nine-hour standoff, police entered campus and forcefully took down the tents. CBS News national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Bay Area protests had remained peaceful as administrators took a hands-off approach until a confrontation at UC Berkeley overnight. Amanda Hari reports. (5-2-24)
Police ended pro-Palestinian protesters' occupation of a Columbia University building but violence erupted at UCLA and the University of Arizona as schools stepped up efforts to end demonstrations.
In Israel for his 7th visit during the war in Gaza, Antony Blinken conveys "cautious optimism" to hostage families that a deal could be reached.
With deaths mounting in Gaza and another Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on the table, Netanyahu is under pressure from all sides.
The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. This comes after demonstrators forced their way into a university building and locked themselves inside.
Demonstrators with pro-Palestine messaging have set up tents on the Sacramento State campus Monday morning.
The student-driven protests in support of Palestinians in Gaza are gaining steam in the Bay Area, with San Francisco State joining other campuses by erecting its own protest encampment while receiving some vocal support from faculty members as well.
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many U.S. colleges following the arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University this month.
Pro-Palestinian protests have reached the campus of Sonoma State University, with students setting up a tent encampment and calling for an end to the violence in Gaza.
On Monday, while police confront protesters at university student actions over Israel's war in Gaza from Texas to New York, a sprawling student encampment at UC Berkeley has remained calm.
Team coverage of new protests over the war in Gaza springing up at college campuses as tensions over the Israel-Hamas conflict grow.
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