Rayyaan Sohu

Date: April 27, 2024

Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC)

Location: Penn campus, Philadelphia, PA

Event Flyer: Instagram

April 27, 2024, was Day 3 of the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Penn, which was held to protest Israel's war against Hamas. The Penn encampment was set up by students from Penn, Temple University and Drexel University. PPC also helped promote the encampment, which was part of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Date: April 30, 2024

Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC)

Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Event Flyer: Instagram

April 30 2024 was Day 6 of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) pro-Hamas encampment launched by the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition (PCC). The encampment was set up by students from Penn as well as students from Temple and Drexel University.

The Penn encampment was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Date: May 2, 2024

Organizers: Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC)

Location: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Event Flyer: Instagram

On May 2, 2024, an anti-Israel protest was held at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), the eighth day of the Penn Encampment. PPC launched the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Penn. The encampment was set up by students from Penn as well as those from Temple University and Drexel University.

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.

BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.

The movement’s most notable achievement has been infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-terror activism on campus.