US faculty speak up and stand alongside student Gaza protesters

With pro-Palestine students arrested and campus protests broken up, educators are increasingly rallying in support

As student-led protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from Israel and its occupation of Palestinian land continue to spread across US universities, some faculty members are increasingly joining the charge – speaking up and even standing alongside their students.

At Georgia’s Emory University, faculty members have been arrested at pro-Palestine demonstrations – including Emil’ Keme, a professor of English and Indigenous studies, and Noelle McAfee, the philosophy department chair.