<p>Today, a look inside the pro-Palestinian protests taking root on college campuses and why universities have been struggling to respond to them.</p><p><br></p><p>Read more:</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Over the past week, protests over the Israel-Gaza war have </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/23/map-student-protests-arrests-universities-us/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">spread and intensified on college campuses across the country</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Pro-Palestinian student demonstrators across the country, including at </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/22/yale-university-protest-arrests-israel-gaza-war/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Yale</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> and </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/18/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Columbia University</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, have been arrested and removed from tent encampments on their campuses. Other encampments have been set up at many schools, including the University of California at Berkeley and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">The demonstrations have </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/17/columbia-congress-hearing-antisemitism-campus-protests-israel-gaza/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">put pressure on university leaders</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> — coming from lawmakers, faculty, alumni and families concerned about antisemitism on campus, and from those who say some institutions have been too aggressive and are shutting down students’ rights to free expression.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Today on “Post Reports,” education reporter Susan Svrluga </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/23/college-student-antiwar-protests-israel-palestine/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">takes us through the students’ demands</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, the universities’ responses, the reactions of pro-Israel counterprotesters, and the future of this building movement. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson and Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Monica Campbell and mixed by Sean Carter. Special thanks to Hannah Natanson, April Bethea and Angelica Ang.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Subscribe to The Washington Post </span><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&p=s_v&s_dt=yearly&utm%5B%E2%80%A6%5De-podcast&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.</span></p>
