2024 Ohio State University pro-Palestinian campus protests

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2024 Ohio State University pro-Palestinian campus protests
Part of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses and Israel-Hamas war protests in the United States.
Rally on the South Oval of Ohio State University campus, May 1, 2024
Date	April 23, 2024 (2024-04-23) – present (2 months and 14 days)
Location	Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States 40°00′07″N 83°00′54″W / 40.002°N 83.015°W / 40.002; -83.015
Methods	Sit-in Lock-on Civil disobedience Marching Counter-protest
Parties
Ohio Free Palestine Coalition: Students for Justice in Palestine, OSU & Toledo Justice, Unity, & Social Transformation, Columbus Party for Socialism and Liberation, Columbus Rising Tide Columbus Jews for Justice in Palestine, OSU Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists Ohio Youth for Climate Justice, OSU Local authorities: Ohio State University administration Ohio State University Office of Student Life Ohio State University campus police Columbus Division of Police Franklin County Sheriff's Office State Highway Patrol Pro-Israel groups: Hillel International, OSU
Lead figures
Protesters and organizers President Walter E. Carter Jr. University Spokesperson Benjamin Johnson
Casualties and losses
About 40 arrested None

A series of ongoing protests at the Ohio State University by pro-Palestinian demonstrators have occurred on-campus in response to the Israel-Palestine conflict beginning on October 7, 2023. A solidarity encampment was constructed on OSU's South Oval on April 25, 2024, during which there were 36 arrests.^[1] About 40 protesters have been arrested across multiple non-violent protests, making for the largest en masse arrest on campus since the 1969–1970 Vietnam War protests.^[2]

The protester demands of OSU include "financial divestment, academic boycott, financial disclosure, acknowledging the genocide, and ending targeted policing".^[3]

Pro-Palestine groups have been critical of the university's response to the protests, suspension of pro-Palestinian student organizations, and suppression of the Undergraduate Student Government's attempts at passing legislation for financial divestment from Israel after receiving pressure from officials in Zionist organization Hillel International.

The university has insisted their actions are politically neutral, with President Walter E. Carter Jr. stating the "university's long-standing space rules are content neutral and are enforced uniformly".^[4]