Pro-Palestinian campus protests: What have they achieved so far?

The war on Gaza set in motion a mass Palestine solidarity movement among university students in the US which eventually spread across the globe. 

While it's difficult to track precise numbers, Harvard University identified protest activity at over 525 different academic institutions, universities, and school district offices in the US. They estimate that encampments were present at more than 130 of them.

Figures from The Guardian show that a total of 36 encampments were set up across England, Wales and Scotland. An interactive map tracking student protests suggested that 174 encampments were erected and 247 protest actions were held across 35 different countries. 

Some solidarity encampments lasted for several days under the motto "no business as usual" and hindered university activities to varying degrees. The longest-running encampment was Stanford University’s "Sit-In to Stop Genocide", with the first encampment running from 20 October 2023 until mid-February 2024, and a second one starting in late April. 

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