Pro-Palestinian protests and encampments at various universities across the U.S. and Canada have led to significant confrontations with authorities. At the University of Pennsylvania, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment has persisted for over two weeks, leading to an escalation where six student organizers were placed on mandatory leaves and at least one was evicted from campus housing. Similarly, MIT and Harvard have seen arrests and administrative actions against protesters. The situation has drawn political attention, with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro calling for the disbandment of the encampment at Penn to restore order and safety. Police actions have included the use of tear gas and arrests at multiple institutions, with 33 arrests at Penn, 135 at UMass Amherst, and a statement from MIT President Sally Kornbluth describing the encampment as a 'high-risk flashpoint.'
BREAKING: At least two protesters have climbed over the fence at the Penn president's house and are banging on the door. Police are calling them into the street. 📹: Ella Sohn LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/vy5AbEbhJ4
At least ten police cars — both Penn Police and Philadelphia Police — have gathered at the intersection of 38th and Walnut streets as protesters rally in front of the Penn president’s house. 📹: Sean McKeown LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/opsQJn8loA
Pro-Palestinian protesters released several smoke devices into the air outside Interim President Larry Jameson's house as others hold Palestinian flags. A Penn Medicine professor delivered remarks. 📹: @katie__bartlett LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/oPt4BdYGJO
As Gov. Josh Shapiro first called for the University of Pennsylvania to disband an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters, he knew Penn and the city were already behind the scenes working to end it. https://t.co/CaeE1rc6BQ
NEW: Protesters have stopped outside Interim Penn President Larry Jameson's campus residence, where encampment participants arrested during the sweep this morning are now speaking. 📹: @katie__bartlett LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/dL4h5OD1AW
Protesters took over the entirety of University Ave. and have now turned left on Walnut Street toward Eisenlohr, the house of Interim Penn President Larry Jameson. 📹: @katie__bartlett LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/EHjLZnQB4s
Protesters are continuing down University Ave. and appear to be heading toward Interim President Larry Jameson's house. "From UPenn to Palestine mobilize the intifada," protesters chant. 📹: @emily_scol LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/OPFhzarhhL
Around 150 pro-Palestinian protesters are marching along Woodland Avenue. "UPenn, UPenn, you can’t hide, you get rich off genocide," protesters chanted. 📹: @emily_scol LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/rHsv9wq0EP
15 hours after Penn swept the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered in University City and have begun marching eastward. 📹: @emily_scol LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/5XYDUoipou
Penn asked Mayor Parker to have police help dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its campus. Here's why she decided to fulfill the request. https://t.co/LEfWLoGKsN
The College Green at the University of Pennsylvania remains closed off after police moved in on the pro-Palestinian encampment. @BSheehanTV has more as the community reacts. https://t.co/ygnKt8GhWM
The disbanding of the encampment at the University of Pennsylvania comes as schools around the country are dealing with protests. @LaurenJMayk spoke with Pa. Senator Bob Casey about whether or not police should disband those encampments. https://t.co/8VwQ2rXGs1
University of Pennsylvania community reacts to the clearing of the pro-Palestinian encampment after the two-week plus standoff. https://t.co/W5ka3OvXRB
The unrest at MIT continued to mount Friday evening, some 12 hours after police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested 10 people, as a couple hundred students took to the streets and marched to President Sally Kornbluth’s home. https://t.co/OhOf2dtQ5t
Hours after police cleared the pro-Palestinian encampment on the MIT campus early, protestors still made sure their voices were heard as they marched through Cambridge Friday afternoon. https://t.co/h3Op4zBSNc
UPenn protest: 7 students among more than 30 arrested as police dismantle pro-Palestine tent encampment https://t.co/SSYBEfAKTu
BREAKING: The Harvard Gaza Solidarity Encampment has renamed one of the buildings on campus. "Sidra Hassouna Hall" is now under the control of the encampment. Earlier today, Harvard encampment students were sent suspension letters. They are now escalating in response. https://t.co/pJjniCo3gx
More than 180 Harvard faculty urged interim University President Alan M. Garber ’76 and interim Provost John F. Manning ’82 to end the pro-Palestine encampment in Harvard Yard in an open letter. @tillyrobin and @neilhshah15 report. https://t.co/NweXZ3bD35
Two of Pennsylvania’s politicians — Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — praised Penn’s decision to disband the encampment this morning, while two local politicians who represent Penn expressed concern with the University's conduct. https://t.co/mgH4OnW4Ps
Law enforcement use chemical irritants and rubber bullets to break up a gathering of about 100 protesters at an encampment for Gaza on the University of Arizona campus. 🎥: Sarah Lapidus https://t.co/qm6Lx6C978
"Police use gas, rubber bullets to break up 2nd encampment at University of Arizona." (via @lapidus_sarah) https://t.co/PiIqL8hZEZ
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA STAFF BLOCK POLICE FROM ENTERING AND DESTROYING STUDENT GAZA ENCAMPMENT https://t.co/VUnsphtB2g
Staff from the University of Pennsylvania block the intersection leading to the campus, preventing police vans and trucks from entering to dismantle the Gaza encampment. https://t.co/HCFuoQPB4Z
UPenn anti-Israel encampment is dismantled, 33 arrested after protesters given 'multiple warnings' to leave https://t.co/uL8XAtiXVs
WATCH: @Siobhan_McGirl shows you the arrests of Pro-Palestinian protesters on Penn's campus this morning and the campsite cleaning that followed. https://t.co/POtlIrrmi7
NEW: US police clear MIT, UPenn Gaza protests, multiple arrests https://t.co/u4QW4BiT06
MIT clears protest encampment. 10 people arrested. (photo by sophie park for nytimes.) https://t.co/UiTZr3peEb
BREAKING: Harvard began placing students on involuntary leaves of absence for their involvement in the ongoing pro-Palestine encampment in the Yard on Friday morning, according to a HOOP Instagram post. @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. https://t.co/wWbof01HxB
Dramatic scenes from the University of Calgary as the Police dismantle the anti-Israel encampment on day 1. https://t.co/iYkjNcXTmT
WATCH: Pro-Palestine protesters at Penn block police van https://t.co/5tbqOr7UDG
Police arrest over 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian protest camps at Penn, MIT and Arizona https://t.co/m5ZdvLyKrH https://t.co/NodUa9DSKS
WATCH NBC10 NEWS LIVE NOW for the latest on the police breaking up Penn's Pro-Palestinian protest. https://t.co/FuuBxme1rW https://t.co/XG5CK96yXQ
12 Arrested Outside NYC’s New School as First Faculty-Led Gaza Solidarity Encampment Continues https://t.co/gQV6qdJqOr
.@dailypenn is continuing to report live updates after Penn cleared the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green, leading to 33 arrests and ongoing restrictions of access to campus. https://t.co/ALMz4mPMDg https://t.co/uqZq4nrYXF
.@dailypenn is continuing to report live updates after Penn cleared the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green, leading to 33 student arrests and ongoing restrictions of access to campus. https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/Yu8VNHqxgK
NOT PENN PALS: Cops in Riot Gear Clear Tent City at UPenn [WATCH] https://t.co/gnNd4aLmZe
NEW: Penn says 33 people have been arrested and cited for defiant trespass as the Gaza protest encampment was dismantled. https://t.co/cfOTiXt2On
Police move to clear pro-Palestinian encampment at UPenn https://t.co/ckHMVv7Ygm
MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus had become a “high-risk flashpoint,” forcing her to take the “last resort” of ordering police to clear the camp early Friday. https://t.co/9jKmgeyVNa
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at @Penn has now been entirely cleared from College Green, leaving behind a patchy area of grass where tents once stood. 📹: Anna Vazhaeparambil LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/vztVaUGOXK
#BREAKING: after more than two weeks of antisemitic harassment, vandalism, and hate speech, the @Penn pro-Hamas encampment has finally been cleared by @PhillyPolice. Several arrests reported, including at least two professors. https://t.co/RBZfcmjsE5
Faculty at Penn try to block a police van this morning: https://t.co/toUs7xFc0w
“We could not stand on the sidelines any longer.” Police arrested students and faculty members outside The New School in New York City a day after the launch of the first faculty-led Gaza solidarity encampment. Democracy Now! was on the scene as the crackdown commenced. https://t.co/aUpzW2fH62
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters gather at 34th and Walnut streets after police disband Penn encampment | Area closed to traffic https://t.co/tQO3rUfko6
Pro-Palestinian encampment dismantled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://t.co/LhO5X61Hrg
BREAKING: Riot cops clear UPenn's Gaza camp, arrest students and activists https://t.co/d2c3sZukJV
BREAKING: Riot cops clear UPenn’s Gaza camp, arrest students and activists https://t.co/dRjTkgY46v
Police at the University of Arizona prepare to encounter protesters supporting Gaza https://t.co/iClMbrh5a7
WATCH: @KatyZachry and @Siobhan_McGirl show you what it looked like as police cleared the encampment at Penn this morning and arrested protesters who refused to leave. https://t.co/DIlTXq8yxg
A large number of Philadelphia police officers in riot gear moved in on the campus encampment early Friday morning. https://t.co/zUs7OJFdRD
Right now Philly police are attacking the UPenn encampment. Yesterday, Shapiro publicly called for its clearing.
Cops in riot gear storm anti-Israel ‘tent city’ on UPenn campus https://t.co/VV6b8EqrHI https://t.co/pYjHu926NU
BREAKING: Police arrested protestors and cleared the encampment at MIT early this morning: https://t.co/cqYCmosqwX
A faculty member is led away by police at the protest at 34th and Walnut streets. 📹: @diamywang LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/KRHeUUdy9M
Protesters, including Penn professors, face off against police at 34th and Walnut Streets. 📹: @diamywang LIVE UPDATES: https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/BWSrYo1D5o
Philly Police and Penn Police cleared the Gaza Solidarity encampment early this morning. The protesters were given two minutes to leave. Those remaining gathered around the Ben Franklin statue and were arrested. @KYWNewsradio https://t.co/3skRRloMqx
Photos: Police break up second pro-Palestinian encampment on University of Arizona campus https://t.co/M3tbK7ijuu
Police surround faculty and other protesters at 34th and Walnut Streets. 📹 @diamywang https://t.co/rnWwNgSEUl https://t.co/phgIputA74
NEW: Philly police begin making arrests as officers move in on Penn protest encampment. https://t.co/89EQ5Y1hNt
BREAKING: Police brutally assault and disperse hundreds of students peacefully camping for Gaza and Palestine at the University of Calgary in Canada. https://t.co/5B1R1JeLca
Police used tear gas to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona Tucson campus early Friday morning after they refused to leave their encampment, according to numerous reports. https://t.co/eAfXdK2Wo3
Police early Friday have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://t.co/3alE8K5tlw
BREAKING: Penn and Philadelphia Police officers in riot gear arrested over a dozen individuals at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at around 6 a.m. on Friday. https://t.co/ALMz4mPMDg
WATCH: Philly police arrest Pro-Palestinian protesters at Penn. Get #breaking coverage: https://t.co/na4vTFiIfE https://t.co/4V2tMd48uq
DEVELOPING: Police begin making arrests as protesters continue to defy orders to disband on Penn campus | WATCH LIVE https://t.co/uzNqiNn52n
University of Arizona police forced to deploy 'chemical munitions' to break up anti-Israel riot https://t.co/20zfxEAn5P
UPenn protest: Police move in on Pro-Palestine tent encampment, arrests made https://t.co/XthTLill0i
BREAKING: Police going into Penn encampment. https://t.co/f0TniwVKmv
BREAKING: Philadelphia Police moving in on Penn Encampment This is after Gov Shapiro yesterday called for University of Pennsylvania to disband it- “the situation has gotten even more unstable and out of control” We are showing the latest NOW on @FOX29philly https://t.co/V6O6BeUrZx
Police enter MIT protesters' encampment, days after shutdown order https://t.co/fyAVLJi2Kw
Police crack down on pro-Palestinian protestors at MIT, before dawn on Friday https://t.co/zu9kg2bsFL https://t.co/ZVOUTR0BOC
BREAKING: Pro-Palestine Students Reject Harvard President’s Proposal to End Encampment @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. https://t.co/ijAyNDaQUt
UPenn encampment: Gov Shapiro calls for protesters to disband as 6 are banned from school grounds https://t.co/mczzutZJZL
Police have shut down a student encampment at Massachusetts' flashing public university, UMass Amherst, arresting at least 135 pro-Palestinian protesters. https://t.co/nbcJ6CJCdm
Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called on the University of Pennsylvania to disband a pro-Palestinian encampment that has spent two weeks on the Ivy League campus.
Professors at The New School Launch Faculty Encampment for Gaza https://t.co/gI8KayPiN4
New "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" established at GWU. Stand Off with the police as large crowd is ordered to disperse or face arrests. https://t.co/3jYXBY0Fky
Six University of Pennsylvania students participating in the on-campus encampment were placed on mandatory temporary leaves of absence Thursday, pending results of an investigation. https://t.co/Wf8A0sV1jT
‘Fewer than 10’ arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters and police clash at MIT https://t.co/zKwYZZHO6b
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the University of Pennsylvania to disband the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus Thursday "to restore order and safety on campus." Do you think law enforcement should clear out this encampment too?
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the University of Pennsylvania to disband the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus Thursday "to restore order and safety on campus." https://t.co/0nVF1kw9wn
Governor Shapiro calls on Penn to disband encampment; 6 students placed on temporary leave https://t.co/kdK2xnkQUk
Several students have been temporarily banned from the University of Pennsylvania's campus in connection to their involvement with the pro-Palestinian encampment. https://t.co/4iRPcsaGqg
Nine MIT undergraduate students and graduate workers were arrested Thursday as they rallied in support of suspended classmates amid continuing anti-Israel protests. https://t.co/YjfBNoWR9Y
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said it was “past time” for Penn to disband the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green during a speech in Pittsburgh on Thursday. https://t.co/IROnmXMSy4
Penn has placed six students on a mandatory leave of absence for their reported participation in a pro-Palestine encampment on campus. Word of the disciplinary action follows Wednesday’s expansion of the tented encampment, effectively tripling its size. https://t.co/HqghlBGSJh
Philadelphia SHAPIRO CALLS FOR END TO PENN ENCAMPMENT Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called on the University of Pennsylvania to disband a pro-Palestinian encampment that has spent two weeks on the Ivy League campus. Do you think that PPD will take action now that the…
Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the University of Pennsylvania to disband the pro-Palestinian encampment "to restore order and safety." https://t.co/YDgyr6zSbe
'Past time': Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro calls on Penn to disband pro-Palestinian encampment | The Daily Pennsylvanian https://t.co/09afj8l5HK
As the spring semester comes to an end at the University of Pennsylvania, graduation ceremonies are right around the corner. Because of pro-Palestinian protests and encampments, the university announced increased security measures. @LaurenJMayk has more. https://t.co/7Of2Jo8mmM
Several pro-Palestinian protesters arrested near MIT building @BethWBZ https://t.co/Ov4hsDh7nn
Happening now at the New School - outside of the first faculty encampment in support of Palestine. https://t.co/6hJtju7dLa
MIT police confronted pro-Palestinian demonstrators as they allegedly blocked traffic near an MIT garage on Thursday. https://t.co/vKfqxPDlVi
Six of the 33 people arrested early Wednesday at a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University are current students at the school, according to a GWU spokesman. https://t.co/JO1H3XrXVl
Six Penn students were placed on mandatory leave, and at least one was evicted from campus housing, over the pro-Palestinian encampment, students say. https://t.co/YDgyr6zSbe
LIVE UPDATE: Penn placed six student organizers affiliated with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on mandatory leaves of absence on Thursday morning, according to a source familiar with the matter. https://t.co/cXU3mo6GpN
The Gaza Solidarity encampment on Penn's campus has now been in place for two weeks, despite orders from school officials to disband. The encampment has tripled in size, with dozens of tents now set up on College Green. https://t.co/oylq23LKf1
Two weeks since protesters started an encampment in the middle of Penn's campus, the demonstration has expanded, as organizers say their talks with the university have gone nowhere. https://t.co/J9wvCJKety
‘You must leave campus immediately’: MIT suspends protesters as encampment tensions escalate https://t.co/Nk1uJmAyUX
Pro-Palestinian protesters marched through the streets of University City on Wednesday ending at the encampment at Penn. Despite warnings from university leaders there’s no sign of it ending soon. @bsheehantv has the latest on the encampment. https://t.co/nudg3jUhSe