Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U.S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U.K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
More than 2,000 people taking part in more than 100 demonstrations have been arrested over the course of the past few weeks. Videos and images of police clearing encampments at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Columbia University have undoubtedly emboldened youth in other nations, sparking global unrest in college campuses worldwide. “Columbia first, USYD [University of Sydney] next, all universities must divest,” reads a post from a Students for Palestine’s – Sydney Uni Facebook page.
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Demands from students vary, but many are making similar calls for their institutions to disclose their investment portfolio and divest funds from companies that have business ties with Israel. Some organizers are even calling for their colleges to cut off any relationships with Israeli academic institutions.
These are some of the countries where students have also set up their own protests:
Australia
Hundreds have gathered across at least six Australian universities, including the University of Melbourne and Curtin University. At the University of Sydney, police watched the protestors from the entrance of the school as pro-Palestinian demonstrators were met by counter protestors in support of Israel. Some academics have voiced their discomfort with chants of “Intifada” and “from the river to the sea,” according to Reuters.
University of Sydney Vice Chancellor Mark Scott has permitted the protests to continue because there has not been violence like what was seen in the U.S., he told local media on Thursday.
Other demonstrators, such as those at the University of Queensland,…
