STUDENTS TELL UNI: BREAK BOEING TIES

Washington University typifies what students across the U.S. are protesting about. The institution has a long history with weapons manufacturer Boeing, which arms Israel. It has a research partnership with the aerospace firm which recruits WU graduates and donates millions to the college.

Students now want these ties cut, following Tel Aviv’s destruction of Gaza that’s killed 34,000 Palestinians. Police arrested around 100 demonstrators who’d set up encampments on campus at the weekend. It’s a picture repeated across the U.S. where similar protests are taking place at dozens of universities.

While it’s hard to know precisely how colleges manage their finances, one database from the U.S. Department of Education shows American colleges and universities reported about $342 million in gifts and contracts from Israel from 2014 to 2024.