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Spectators in the audience for the 19th annual Boston Palestinian Film Festival, hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts. The festival features stories across the sea, aiming to unite Palestinian Americans and educate local communities about history and culture.

19th annual Boston Palestine Film Festival aims to combat censorship in cinema

By Olivia Ruzic and Brontë Massucco October 24, 2025
For nearly two decades, the Boston Palestine Film Festival has presented more than 300 films exploring various facets of Palestinian life, culture and hardship. In its 19th year, the festival is holding screenings across multiple Boston-area theaters and cultural institutions from Oct. 17 to 26. 
Protesters make their way down Winter Street toward Downtown Crossing after breaking through police lines.

GALLERY: Key moments from the pro-Palestine rally in Downtown Boston

By JOSEPHINE KALBFLEISCH, Photo Co-Editor October 9, 2025

The Quinobequin Student Front For Palestine and numerous other protesters gathered at The Embrace statue in the Boston Common on Tuesday night to condemn the actions of the Israeli government against Palestine....

Complicity is neutrality’s long shadow | Editorial

Complicity is neutrality’s long shadow | Editorial

By Editors October 7, 2025

680,000. That is the estimated number of Palestinians murdered by the Israeli state over the past two years, according to a recent calculation by Richard Hil and Gideon Polya based on civilian death...

Eli Gerzon of Jewish Voice for Peace and the Democratic Socialists of America speaks to protestors outside the Israeli consulate in Boston on October 5th, 2025.

Pro-Palestine demonstration targets Israeli Consulate, Boston Consulate General

By Cooper Formica October 6, 2025
Hundreds participated in the “Rise Up for Gaza” demonstration throughout downtown Boston on Sunday for International Day of Action.
BU admin’s silencing of student protest isn’t rare — it’s routine | Editorial

BU admin’s silencing of student protest isn’t rare — it’s routine | Editorial

By Editors September 11, 2025

On March 27, Boston University students entered the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Activism to find it trashed and vandalized in what the organization called a hate crime. BU’s Police Department was...

Informational handouts and forms from Boston University’s International Students and Scholars office. Multiple student organizations at Boston University are calling for BU to declare itself a sanctuary campus in light of the Trump administration’s stricter immigration policies.

International students’ status remain uncertain amidst Trump administration efforts, calls for sanctuary campus continue

By Elizabeth Mehler May 2, 2025
International student status at universities nationwide remain uncertain, amidst increasing federal oversight on immigration.
Harvard University Massachusetts Hall. Harvard and Yale University have dismissed several faculty members because of controversy related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. JENNY CHEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Harvard faculty terminations evoke unease, conversation

By Phoebe Miller April 8, 2025
Harvard University dismissed two faculty members of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies in March after the CMES faced accusations of ideological bias and antisemitism regarding teaching on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
‘Not In Our Name’ letter. More than 3,000 Jewish professors, university staff and students nationwide signed this letter that criticizes the federal suppression of free speech under the guise of combating antisemitism. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Not In Our Name’: Jewish professors, students, university staff denounce the weaponization of antisemitism against pro-Palestinian advocacy

By Julia Hendler April 2, 2025
Thousands of Jewish professors, university staff and students around the country signed a letter condemning the federal government for using antisemitism and a guise to prosecute pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House. The results of the divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement by BU’s student government. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU SJP referendum results nullified, future divestment efforts uncertain

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor February 14, 2025
The results of a campus-wide divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement from Boston University Student Government.
The marquee of Coolidge Corner Theater. The theater is showing a documentary titled “No Other Land” about the villages of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Oscar-nominated documentary ‘No Other Land’ screens at Coolidge Corner Theatre amid lack of U.S. distribution

By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor February 13, 2025
The documentary “No Other Land” remains without a U.S. distributor or streaming platform — making its screening at Coolidge Corner Theatre a rare opportunity for American audiences.
Members of Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine speak at the BU Student Government meeting on Monday. StuGov members passed a bill for the university to disclose investments in companies involved in Middle Eastern conflicts. PHOTO BY HANNAH BAPTISTE

StuGov passes referendum bill calling University to disclose investments, BU Students for Israel criticizes in open letter

By Hannah Baptiste February 4, 2025
The Boston University Student Government passed a referendum bill Monday allowing students to vote on three questions regarding University disclosure, divestment and reinvestment of funds to companies involved in Middle Eastern conflicts.
Protestors carry Israeli and American flags outside Brookline Town Hall on Tuesday night. Around 25 protesters gathered in support of Israel outside a Brookline Town Hall meeting, where the Town Meeting Members Association, the legislative branch of Brookline, planned to vote on a ceasefire resolution. PHOTO BY EMMA CLEMENT

Protesters rally outside Brookline Town Meeting in support of Israel

By Talia Lissauer November 20, 2024
Around 25 protesters gathered Tuesday night in support of Israel outside a Brookline Town Hall meeting, where the Town Meeting Members Association, the legislative branch of Brookline, plan to vote on a ceasefire resolution.
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