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Protestors interact during a Students for Justice in Palestine protest.

Two years later: Community organizations address Israel-Hamas conflict and local impacts

By Lisa-Sophia Kachalova and Sofia De Bitetto • October 8, 2025
Two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that started the Israel-Hamas war, Pittsburgh communities are organizing and adjusting to the ongoing political tensions.
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters face off during the event at Schenley Plaza on Tuesday.

Photos: SJP hosts the first Pro-Palestine protest of the school year

By Liam Sullivan and Bhaskar Chakrabarti • September 3, 2024

Students for Justice in Palestine, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition and Pitt Divest from Apartheid, hosted a pro-Palestine rally at Schenley Plaza at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The rally...

Pro-Palestine students set up a "liberated zone" in Schenley Plaza on Tuesday.

Students hold sit-in protest in support of Palestinians, call on Pitt to divest

By Jordan Kooper, Staff Writer • April 23, 2024
A coalition of student groups are staging a sit-in protest in front of the Cathedral of Learning today through Friday to support the liberation of Palestine and call for Pitt to divest from Israeli institutions. The protesters encamped on a grassy area near Bigelow Boulevard, before moving to Schenley Plaza, where they have spread banners and pro-Palestinian literature.
Protesters participate in a die-in in front of the Cathedral of Learning on Friday at an event hosted by Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition. (Liam Sullivan | Staff Photographer)

Pro-Palestine organizations hold die-in outside Cathedral, Bigelow Boulevard

By Colm Slevin, Senior Staff Writer • April 1, 2024
Around 60 people joined Pittsburgh Palestine Coalition’s die-in protest on Friday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Protesters gather in Schenley Plaza on Tuesday afternoon to protest Israeli military actions in Gaza.

‘We have to do it for them’: Protest in support of Palestine draws crowd in Schenley Plaza

By Patrick Diana, Staff Writer • February 14, 2024
About 200 students and community members gathered in Schenley Plaza for an emergency “Hands Off Rafah” rally in the wake of Israel’s recent barrage on Rafah.
Yadin Gellman, an IDF veteran and Israeli actor, responds to questions from students in the Hillel JUC building on Wednesday afternoon.

Former IDF soldier Yadin Gellman speaks at Hillel JUC, students protest outside

By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor • January 25, 2024
Pitt’s Student Coalition for Israel hosted Yadin Gellman, a former Israeli Defense Force soldier and Israeli actor, at the Hillel Jewish University Center on Wednesday evening for a crowd of 50 people. Just outside the speaker event, about 200 students and community members protested Gellman’s presence in Oakland.
People hold signs and flags at a rally in support of Palestine in Oakland on Oct. 10.

Opinion | Pay attention to the language of war

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • December 4, 2023
Language and its employment are not free from responsibility. Context must be applied, relentlessly. We need to question definitions and designations, what they reveal about who is setting them, and what it means to grant authority to those in that position.
Posters of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas after its attack on Israel last month on the outside wall of Amos Hall in the Schenley Quadrangle.

University addresses removal of Israeli hostage posters

By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor • November 14, 2023
In areas around campus such as the Quad, University personnel have taken down “missing person” posters of Israeli hostages as they violate the University’s signage policies, according to a spokesperson.
Screenshot from a virtual panel discussion on Monday about the recent events in Israel and Palestine.

Scholars discuss Israel, Palestine history and ways to talk about the conflict

By Khushi Rai, Senior Staff Writer • October 16, 2023
Pitt Jewish Studies Program, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice, Office of the Chancellor and the University Center for International Studies held a panel with Omar Dajani and Mira Sucharov to discuss the history of Israel and Palestine.
People chant in a rally in support of Palestine passes through Carnegie Mellon University Friday afternoon.

Rally for Palestine expresses anger over Israeli occupation, treatment of Palestinians

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • October 13, 2023
Over 300 people rallied near Schenley Plaza to support Palestinian people on Friday afternoon. Those in attendance gathered in a circle to listen to speeches before walking down Forbes Ave to Carnegie Mellon University where more speakers talked about the treatment of Palestinians and the recent news about the situation between Israel and Palestine.
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