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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Schwalb: Jewish students should engage in campus activism beyond Israel-Palestine

Schwalb: Jewish students should engage in campus activism beyond Israel-Palestine

March 2, 2016

A banner with the words “From Palestine to Mizzou, We Have Nothing to Lose But Our Chains,” hung outside the Black House as protesters stood in solidarity with students at Missouri and across the country...

Pro-Palestinian activist Ali Abunimah presents a speech on Israeli-Palestine tensions in a classroom at Swift Hall. Abunimah, who made headlines when his talk at Evanston Public Library was canceled and reinstated two summers ago, returned to Northwestern’s campus on Thursday for a Students for Justice in Palestine event.

Pro-Palestine activist denounces worsening tensions between Israel and Palestine

November 20, 2015

Ali Abunimah, co-founder of online publication Electronic Intifada, and Northwestern Students for Justice in Palestine teamed up Thursday for a discussion on Israel’s occupation policies and the resulting...

McCormick junior Omar Shanti takes down posters depicting slain Palestinians and activists off the wall in the lobby of Norris University Center after NUDivest's demonstration was shut down by Norris staff members. The demonstration was held while parents and students checked in for this year's Family Weekend.

NUDivest demonstration at Norris shut down

November 6, 2015

Students and visiting families walking into Norris University Center on Friday afternoon were met with pictures of slain Palestinians and activists taped over the posters of Northwestern's Campus Life...

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks addresses students at Harris Hall on Wednesday. Sacks discussed confronting religious violence through tolerance and said people can prevent violence by recognizing that those with different religious beliefs are not enemies.

On anniversary of Israeli PM’s assassination, rabbi calls for religious tolerance

November 4, 2015

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, a religious leader, philosopher and author, spoke Wednesday in Harris Hall to a crowd of more than 200 about confronting modern religious violence. Sacks, who is currently a professor...

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger discussed how the path forward in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a nonviolent national “revolution.” Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad hope to educate Israelis and Palestinians through Roots, a peace movement.

Palestinian activist, Israeli settler join to advocate nonviolent national movement

October 21, 2015

For Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Ali Abu Awwad, the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians lies in a nonviolent national “revolution,” which they hope to create through a grassroots movement...

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