List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in 2024

On April 25, around 20 students held a sit-in in the lobby of NYU Buenos Aires, aiming to show solidarity with NYU protesters in Manhattan and calling on the institution to cut ties with Israel. == Australia ==

University of Sydney On April 23, an encampment was set up at the University of Sydney, in the main Quadrangle, underneath the historic clock tower. Students have been supporting the camp by donating food, materials and supplies. Chief executive of the university Mark Scott says he is allowing the protests to continue, despite incidents such as graffiti that are being investigated, because protest and free speech are "part of who we are", noting other protests related to issues such as the World War I conscription debate and the Vietnam War anti-war movement. The university ordered the encampment to disperse on June 14, saying that the protest was disrupting preparations for the next semester, and that the university considered these preparations "core university operations", for which disruption by protests is not allowed. Start of semester welcome events are usually held on the lawn the encampment is located on. On June 17, the encampment ended, with students saying further protest action would come in the next semester. Far-right political activist Avi Yemini attended a "No Hate" rally on May 3 in support of Israel. The protesters were outnumbered by Palestine protesters, including those from the encampment. There was a scuffle between him and two pro-Palestine protesters, who allegedly had a microphone shoved in their faces and one of whom was pushed to the ground by a bodyguard. An executive of the Melbourne University Jewish Students' Society, which helped organise the rally, said that they were disappointed with Yemini "co-opting" the rally, which they said was "dehumanising" to both the encampment and Jewish students, with him turning a day that was supposed to be about "unity" into something now "clouded by his image". On May 15, demonstrators began occupying the Arts West building. They also unofficially renamed the building "Mahmoud’s Hall", referencing a Palestinian student killed in Palestine before he was due to begin studies at the University of Melbourne. Classes in the building have been cancelled. On May 16, deputy vice-chancellor Michael Wesley announced that Victoria Police were authorized to use force to evict the protesters from the building. A meeting was held between protesters and university administrators was held on May 17, but no agreement was reached. On May 22, protesters agreed to end the encampment and occupation of the Arts West building, after the university agreed to disclose connections to weapons manufacturers. Monash University An encampment started at Monash University on May 1. The camp was regularly attacked, with protesters alleging they were physically assaulted and verbally harassed. On May 2, the camp was attacked by counter-protesters draped in the Australian and Israeli flags, who destroyed the camp kitchen and shook a protester's tent whilst she slept. Police attended, but no arrests were made, with 10 people being given a move-on direction. A GoFundMe was started to fund repair of the damage caused. After that incident, the Victorian Greens issued a statement calling for better protection of protesters from universities and the police. On May 8, counter-protesters attempted to storm the stage where speeches were being given, with the protesters and counter-protesters separated by university security. Not all interactions between opposing groups have been violent; an Israel supporter and a Palestine supporter were photographed shaking hands after discussing the war. On May 8, Monash ordered the removal of "Zionists not welcome" signs, saying they "likely constitute harassment and/or vilification". Police are investigating the harassment of the camp. The encampment was cleared on May 17 after encampment organisers informed the university they would dismantle it. Some protesters claimed it was not a voluntary decision, saying that they had been picked off one by one during the week and banned from the encampment area under threat of suspension or expulsion, with the few remaining protesters telling the university security not to dismantle the camp. Video shows roughly 15 security guards packing up tents and sleeping bags. University of Adelaide On May 1, an encampment was started at the University of Adelaide. The University said that it supported free speech and lawful protests, but would not tolerate hate speech or intimidation of students or staff. On May 8, protesters were attacked with fireworks after 11pm, with a video taken by a protester showing fireworks going off around the camp, with the protesters shouting "cowards" as the people responsible for the fireworks were not visible to the camp. Protesters said a similar incident happened on 6 May. South Australia Police said they are investigating the incident, and the university is increasing security. On May 28, the encampment ended. University of Queensland Students at the University of Queensland held a rally and set up an encampment on April 29, with a rival pro-Israel camp also set up. The pro-Israel protesters have said strangers came into their camp and spat on a sign that said "Zionist and proud". On 9 May, protesters marched to the Boeing center on campus, with protesters including Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather saying Boeing products, including planes, missiles and other weapons were "taking lives". A window in the center was smashed, although police have not made any arrests or received any complaints relating to this incident or any other since the protest has started. Protesters briefly occupied a building on May 16, with police not being called. The university asked protesters to leave, but on May 18 protesters claimed they were unaware of this decision and would not be dispersing regardless. On May 20 the university banned the chant "out, out, Israel out" and the word "intifada". On 1 June, an agreement was reached. The UQ student union and UQ Muslim Students for Palestine agreed to end the encampment that day, in exchange for disclosing of ties to Israel and increasing humanitarian scholarships for students affected by the war. However, UQ Students for Palestine, another group involved in organizing the encampment, was not a party to the agreement, saying they did not agree with any agreement limiting their rights to protest. However, they welcomed the increase in scholarships and said they would be dismantling the camp, saying "during the uni break there is nothing much to disrupt", vowing to return next semester. Australian National University An encampment was started at the Australian National University on April 29. On April 30, Beatrice Tucker, organizer of the encampment, said in an interview with ABC Radio Canberra that “Hamas deserve our unconditional support – not because I agree with their strategy – complete disagreement with that, but the situation at hand is if you have no hope … nothing can justify what has been happening to the Palestinian people for 75 years”. By May 9, disciplinary proceedings had started against Tucker based on the contents of the interview, with her being provisionally suspended until a hearing on May 14. On June 6, Tucker was expelled from ANU, being the first pro-Palestine student protester in Australia to be expelled since the war started on October 7. After a Zoom meeting on May 8 of the ANU Students' Association, allegations of anti-Semitic gestures, including a Nazi salute and a person putting a finger to below their nose to mimic a Hitler moustache, were put forth after the ANU Union of Jewish Students put forth a motion to address anti-Semitism. The group ANU for Palestine also alleged they were targeted with obscene gestures such as people mouthing the words "fuck you", giving "the middle finger" and making "gagging gestures". ANU has said it is investigating, whilst Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that there needed to be a "dialling down" of debate, calling for "respect for everyone. Anti-Semitism has no place in Australia. Islamophobia has no place in Australia." On May 15, ANU requested the disbanding of the encampment, with seven students called into a meeting, faced with disciplinary action if they did not attend. In the meeting, they were again threatened with disciplinary action if they did not vacate by May 17. The students were asked to provide a list of names of other students participating in the encampment. Students that were at the meeting felt as if the meeting was an intimidation tactic reminiscent of McCarthyism. On May 28, the encampment was relocated after ANU threatened to use police to clear it. Deakin University An encampment started at Deakin on May 7, and was originally slated to run until May 10, however the encampment ran beyond that date. By May 9, Deakin said it was investigating a staffer that was heard threatening to burn down the camp as well as incidents of hate speech, and police were investigating an altercation at Deakin. Deakin students said they would be holding a "closing rally" on May 22, and that more protests would follow next semester. By May 7, two encampments in Melbourne had been set up at RMIT University and La Trobe University. La Trobe students demanded the university cut ties with Honeywell, which makes engines for the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone, used by the Israeli military. La Trobe ordered students to leave on May 17, citing safety issues as their reason for issuing the order, although no classes were disrupted and there was no indication of vandalism, occupation of buildings or property damage, unlike other encampments in Melbourne. La Trobe commenced disciplinary proceedings on May 20, and on May 21, the encampment ended. with the protesters demanding the university cut ties with local steel manufacturer Bisalloy, which has provided Israeli defense companies with armour-grade steel. Students at the Sandy Bay campus of University of Tasmania established a solidarity encampment on May 7. As of June 8, the students are still camping out. One of their demands is that the University cut ties with the multinational German corporation Hensoldt, because it supplies radar and other surveillance systems to Israel. A protest was held at the University of New England on May 26. A security guard at the university was suspended after video showed him smacking one protester's phone out of her hands. Two protesters were arrested and charged with assaulting two security guards at Western Sydney University on October 9. == Austria ==

On May 6, a solidarity encampment was established at the University of Vienna. The following day, protesters began an encampment at the university. == Bangladesh ==

Thousands of people held a protest march at the University of Dhaka on May 6. == Belgium ==

On May 6, about 100 students occupied a portion of Ghent University. The students said the protest would last until May 8. On May 13, protests then occupied buildings at the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Catholic research university KU Leuven. On May 17, rector Rik Van de Walle announced that it would sever ties with three Israeli research institutions who he said did not pass the "Ghent University human rights test." On May 31, after several weeks with an encampment, UGent announced that it will be severing ties with all Israeli universities and research institutions. == Brazil ==

On May 7, protesters at the University of São Paulo began occupying a building at the school. == Canada ==

On April 22, students set up an encampment at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton. A week later, on April 29, an encampment of about 30 tents was set up on the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. About 100 protesters were present on its first day, calling on the institution to divest from Israel. On Vancouver Island, encampments were set up at the University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University; and an encampment was also briefly set up at the University of Western Ontario, lasting a day before disappearing. The following day, students at the University of Toronto set up an encampment of about 50 tents at King's College Circle on its St. George campus. On May 5, an encampment was set up at McMaster University, and a protest was held at the University of Waterloo the day after. On May 7, an encampment was set up at the University of Manitoba, scheduled to last for three days. Protests were held at Trent University and Emily Carr University the following day. On May 9, an encampment was set up at the University of Windsor, and police in Calgary used flashbangs to remove protesters from an encampment set up at the University of Calgary. The next day, a die-in protest was held at Memorial University of Newfoundland. On May 12, an encampment was set up at Dalhousie University, an encampment was set up at the University of Waterloo the following day. An encampment was set up at UBC Okanagan on May 14, and protests were also held at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina on May 17. On May 21, an encampment was set up at the University of Guelph, and students attending Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador set up an encampment outside the Art's and Administration Building in St. John's. On May 23, students at Simon Fraser University occupied their campus' Belzberg Library to demand divestment from military assets supplied to Israel, coinciding with a Board of Governors meeting. Despite protests and an open letter, the Board did not discuss divestment. On May 30, SFU president Joy Johnson and the Board of Governors agreed to discuss divestment from arms companies after community pressure, protests, and a faculty vote. They committed to reviewing their Responsible Investment Policy with community input. On June 3, protesters occupied a Concordia University building for around an hour. On June 5, an encampment was set up at York University, which was subsequently cleared by Toronto police on June 6. On June 7, University of Waterloo agreed to several demands to disclose investments and to base investment decisions on human rights and other social factors. On June 10, a protest was held at Brock University. On October 7, 2024, walkouts were held on all three of the University of Toronto's campuses in downtown Toronto (St. George), Mississauga, and Scarborough. McGill University , Montreal, May 2, 2024. On April 27, an encampment of around 20 tents was set up on the grounds of McGill University in Montreal, calling on McGill and nearby Concordia University to cut ties with Israel. The encampment has since grown to about 100 tents and is occupied by students and faculty from various universities in Montreal. Both McGill and the premier of Quebec, François Legault, have declared the encampment illegal and called on Montreal police to dismantle it. As of yet, they have not complied with the request. They have qualified the protest as peaceful. == Costa Rica ==

An encampment was set up at the University of Costa Rica on May 1. Organizers said the encampment was built in solidarity with Palestine and student protesters in the United States. == Cuba ==

On May 3, students at the University of Havana held a rally in support of Palestine and student protesters in the United States. == Denmark ==

A pro-Palestinian encampment was set up at the University of Copenhagen. On May 28, the University of Copenhagen announced that it would divest from companies that operated in occupied Palestinian territories including AirBnB, Booking.com, and eDreams; and on June 2, the student organizers ended the encampment. The protesters, however, have warned a new encampment may be set up in the future should the university not keep its commitment to divest. == Egypt ==

Students at the American University of Cairo held a protest on April 22, calling for the university to divest from Hewlett-Packard and Axa. == Finland ==

On May 6, a protest encampment was set up at the University of Helsinki. On May 21, the rector announced that it would sever ties with Israeli universities and terminated its student exchange programs. On June 1, the encampment outside the Porthania building showed no signs of declining, according to Helsinki Times. The movement in inspired by similar actions in Norway, where five universities cut ties with Israeli institutions. == France ==

On April 25, students at Sorbonne University in Paris set up an encampment in support of Palestine in the university's main courtyard. Four days later, police removed dozens of students from the courtyard. On May 7, approximately one hundred students occupied an amphitheatre at Sorbonne University until they were removed by police. A group of students decided to stay before the police withdrew. On April 26, protesters then occupied a campus building and barricaded themselves inside the university. On May 7, police dispersed a group of students who had barricaded themselves inside the university’s main hall and made two arrests. According to the university, 13 students are also on hunger strike. == Germany ==

On April 25, students at New York University Berlin held a rally in solidarity with students at New York University. On May 7, police cleared an encampment that had been set up at the Free University of Berlin, and at Leipzig University, 50 to 60 people occupied a lecture hall by barricading themselves inside. == Greece ==

Protesters established an encampment at the law school of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Police cleared the encampment and arrested 28 people on May 14. As of May 27, 9 of the 27 protesters from European countries who were arrested are facing deportation. == India ==

On April 30, students at Jawaharlal Nehru University protested against a planned visit to the campus by US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti and in solidarity with protestors in the United States. Garcetti's visit was postponed due to the protests. == Indonesia ==

Dozens of Padjadjaran University's students conducted a solidarity action to defend Palestine on 2 May 2024 as a response to the violent act and arrest of students who protested the war in Gaza in the US. Hundreds of students held a Solidarity Camp Action at University of Indonesia on 3 May 2024. During the action, they condemned Israel's massacre of Palestinians and demanded full independence for Palestine. A camp was erected in solidarity with the Pro-Palestine students protest in the US. == Iraq ==

A protest rally occurred on the campus of University of Baghdad. == Ireland ==

Students at Trinity College Dublin set up an encampment on May 3. The encampment included a blockade of the Library and Book of Kells exhibition, and followed the issuing of a €214,000 fine on Trinity College Dublin Students' Union on May 1 for disruptive protests earlier in the year. The encampment ended on May 8 after the university agreed to cut ties with Israeli companies. On May 11, about 100 students set up an encampment at University College Dublin (UCD). On May 14, an encampment was set up at University College Cork. == Israel ==

A rally marking the anniversary of the Nakba was held at Tel Aviv University on May 15. Demonstrators were barred from bringing Palestinian flags, so some brought cut-outs of watermelons. A pro-Palestinian protest was held at Hebrew University of Jerusalem on May 28. A counter-protest by the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu was held at the same time. Anti-Occupation Bloc activists protest against the war during the 2024 Israeli protests, but they risk arrest and assault. == Italy ==