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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
21 University of Washington students suspended for pro-Palestinian protest
SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building during a pro-Palestinian protest, the school announced Wednesday. The students who moved into the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in Seattle on Monday evening demanding the school break ties with Boeing have also been banned from all UW campuses, according to a school statement. Thirteen people who were arrested but are not students have also been banned from the university's Seattle campus, it added. The school said the occupation resulted in 'significant damage' to the building and equipment housed in it. Multiple dumpsters were also set on fire outside the school. Boeing has donated over $100 million to UW since 1917, including $10 million for the engineering building, The Seattle Times reported. Boeing is a major supplier to the Israeli Defense Forces, and that country has received more military aid from the U.S. than any other country since World War II. The students who occupied the building unofficially renamed it after Shaban al-Dalou, a teenage engineering student who was killed along with his mother after an Israeli airstrike triggered an inferno outside of a Gaza hospital. Because of Boeing's donation, the aviation manufacturer was granted naming rights for the building's second level. The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation Tuesday into the protest. 'The University values its long-standing partnership with the federal government," the school said. 'We will cooperate with the Task Force's review and are confident that an evaluation will find we are in compliance with federal civil rights laws.' The federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism responded to the protests with a statement saying the university needs to follow up 'with enforcement actions and policy changes that are clearly necessary to prevent these uprisings moving forward.' School spokesperson Victor Balta said Thursday that the university initiated some changes in November that included tracking incidents of bias, antisemitism and Islamophobia, but recognized the need to continually improve. Some changes include adding a Title VI coordinator position, strengthening relationships with the Jewish community, improving bias incident reporting and response processes, and consolidating anti-discrimination compliance in a new Civil Rights Compliance Office. In March, the University's Board of Regents overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divest from companies with ties to Israel, the school's statement said.
San Francisco Chronicle
08-05-2025
- Politics
- San Francisco Chronicle
21 University of Washington students suspended for pro-Palestinian protest
SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building during a pro-Palestinian protest, the school announced Wednesday. The students who moved into the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in Seattle on Monday evening demanding the school break ties with Boeing have also been banned from all UW campuses, according to a school statement. Thirteen people who were arrested but are not students have also been banned from the university's Seattle campus, it added. The school said the occupation resulted in 'significant damage' to the building and equipment housed in it. Multiple dumpsters were also set on fire outside the school. Boeing has donated over $100 million to UW since 1917, including $10 million for the engineering building, The Seattle Times reported. Boeing is a major supplier to the Israeli Defense Forces, and that country has received more military aid from the U.S. than any other country since World War II. The students who occupied the building unofficially renamed it after Shaban al-Dalou, a teenage engineering student who was killed along with his mother after an Israeli airstrike triggered an inferno outside of a Gaza hospital. Because of Boeing's donation, the aviation manufacturer was granted naming rights for the building's second level. The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation Tuesday into the protest. 'The University values its long-standing partnership with the federal government," the school said. 'We will cooperate with the Task Force's review and are confident that an evaluation will find we are in compliance with federal civil rights laws.' The federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism responded to the protests with a statement saying the university needs to follow up 'with enforcement actions and policy changes that are clearly necessary to prevent these uprisings moving forward.' School spokesperson Victor Balta said Thursday that the university initiated some changes in November that included tracking incidents of bias, antisemitism and Islamophobia, but recognized the need to continually improve. Some changes include adding a Title VI coordinator position, strengthening relationships with the Jewish community, improving bias incident reporting and response processes, and consolidating anti-discrimination compliance in a new Civil Rights Compliance Office.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
21 University of Washington students suspended for pro-Palestinian protest
The has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building during a pro-Palestinian protest, the school announced Wednesday. The students who moved into the in Seattle on Monday evening demanding the school break ties with have also been banned from all UW campuses, according to a school statement. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Thirteen people who were arrested but are not students have also been banned from the university's Seattle campus, it added. The school said the occupation resulted in "significant damage" to the building and equipment housed in it. Multiple dumpsters were also set on fire outside the school. Boeing has donated over $100 million to UW since 1917, including $10 million for the engineering building, The Seattle Times reported. Boeing is a major supplier to the Israeli Defense Forces, and that country has received more military aid from the US than any other country since World War II. The students who occupied the building unofficially renamed it after Shaban al-Dalou, a teenage engineering student who was killed along with his mother after an Israeli airstrike triggered an inferno outside of a hospital. Because of Boeing's donation, the aviation manufacturer was granted naming rights for the building's second level. The US Department of Education announced an investigation Tuesday into the protest. "The University values its long-standing partnership with the federal government," the school said. "We will cooperate with the Task Force's review and are confident that an evaluation will find we are in compliance with federal civil rights laws." The federal Task Force to Combat responded to the protests with a statement saying the university needs to follow up "with enforcement actions and policy changes that are clearly necessary to prevent these uprisings moving forward." Tired of too many ads? go ad free now School spokesperson Victor Balta said Thursday that the university initiated some changes in November that included tracking incidents of bias, antisemitism and Islamophobia, but recognized the need to continually improve. Some changes include adding a Title VI coordinator position, strengthening relationships with the Jewish community, improving bias incident reporting and response processes, and consolidating anti-discrimination compliance in a new Civil Rights Compliance Office. In March, the University's Board of Regents overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divest from companies with ties to Israel, the school's statement said.
Winnipeg Free Press
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
21 University of Washington students suspended for pro-Palestinian protest
SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building during a pro-Palestinian protest, the school announced Wednesday. The students who moved into the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in Seattle on Monday evening demanding the school break ties with Boeing have also been banned from all UW campuses, according to a school statement. Thirteen people who were arrested but are not students have also been banned from the university's Seattle campus, it added. The school said the occupation resulted in 'significant damage' to the building and equipment housed in it. Multiple dumpsters were also set on fire outside the school. Boeing has donated over $100 million to UW since 1917, including $10 million for the engineering building, The Seattle Times reported. Boeing is a major supplier to the Israeli Defense Forces, and that country has received more military aid from the U.S. than any other country since World War II. The students who occupied the building unofficially renamed it after Shaban al-Dalou, a teenage engineering student who was killed along with his mother after an Israeli airstrike triggered an inferno outside of a Gaza hospital. Because of Boeing's donation, the aviation manufacturer was granted naming rights for the building's second level. The U.S. Department of Education announced an investigation Tuesday into the protest. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 'The University values its long-standing partnership with the federal government,' the school said. 'We will cooperate with the Task Force's review and are confident that an evaluation will find we are in compliance with federal civil rights laws.' The federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism responded to the protests with a statement saying the university needs to follow up 'with enforcement actions and policy changes that are clearly necessary to prevent these uprisings moving forward.' School spokesperson Victor Balta said Thursday that the university initiated some changes in November that included tracking incidents of bias, antisemitism and Islamophobia, but recognized the need to continually improve. Some changes include adding a Title VI coordinator position, strengthening relationships with the Jewish community, improving bias incident reporting and response processes, and consolidating anti-discrimination compliance in a new Civil Rights Compliance Office. In March, the University's Board of Regents overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divest from companies with ties to Israel, the school's statement said.
New York Post
06-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Cops arrest 30 anti-Israel protesters who took over University of Washington facility, started fire and called Oct. 7 ‘heroic'
Seattle police broke up a chaotic anti-Israel protest at the University of Washington on Tuesday, arresting 30 as demonstrators started a blaze and took over a science building overnight. The Super UW group seized the school's Interdisciplinary Engineering Building on Monday night, blocking access to the facility and setting two dumpsters on fire as they praised Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 people and saw another 251 kidnapped. 'We are taking this building amidst the current and renewed wave of the student Intifada, following the uprising of student action for Palestine after the heroic victory of Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7th, which shattered the illusion of Zionist-imperialist domination and brought Palestine to the forefront for all justice-loving people of the world,' the protesters said in a manifesto. Advertisement 4 Anti-Israel protesters set fire to dumpsters outside the University of Washington's Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. KOMO News 4 About 30 protesters were arrested after occupying the building and demanding the school cut ties with Boeing. KOMO News The group was specifically calling on the university to cut its ties with Boeing — which donated $10 million to the school in 2022 and has a facility nearby — due to the company's defense contracts with the US military and support of the Israel Defense Forces. 'We're hoping to remove the influence of Boeing and other manufacturing companies from our educational space, period, and we're hoping to expose the repressive tactics of the university,' Super UW spokesperson Eric Horford told KOMO. Advertisement As part of the siege, the group also hung a banner on the second-floor of the building, renaming it after Shaban al-Dalou, an engineering student who was killed along with his mother after an Israeli airstrike ignited a fire outside a Gaza hospital. The group made their way to the building just before it closed at 5 p.m., wearing masks as they stacked furniture near the entryways, university officials said. 4 The large blaze caused UW and Seattle police to move in and take the building back from protesters. KOMO News Advertisement 4 Police surround the building as arrests carried on until early Tuesday. KOMO News UW and Seattle police made their way into the building at around 11 p.m. after the dumpsters were set on fire, with the arrests continuing until 3 a.m. when the facility was cleared of its last protester. 'About 30 individuals who occupied the building were arrested and charges of trespassing, property destruction and disorderly conduct, and conspiracy to commit all three, will be referred to the King County Prosecutor's Office,' the university said in a statement. Advertisement The school also slammed the entire demonstration and manifesto from the Super UW as a blatant show of antisemitism, with the university opting to suspend the group from campus. 'The University will not be intimidated by this sort of offensive and destructive behavior and will continue to oppose antisemitism in all its forms,' the school added. With Post wires
