Beyond the personal cost to activists, the economic and diplomatic fallout of these crackdowns could be severe.

The protests against US policies staunchly supporting Israel give us purpose and meaning in the face of adversities.

American campuses -- home to some of the best and most prestigious universities in the world where numerous world leaders in politics and academia have spent their early years -- have a potent history of student movements that lead to drastic change

The students’ protests have nothing to do with anti-Semitism, a narrative that successive Israeli governments and the powerful Jewish lobby in the US have cultivated with deadly effect.

Protests have rocked US university campuses over the last week as pro-Palestinian students have encamped on the grounds of Columbia, Yale, and New York University, among other prestigious educational institutions, urging universities to divest from the state of Israel amid the ongoing genocide.

It is key to stopping Israel’s unjust war in Gaza