Students at Sapienza University in Rome protested the school's ties with Israel. Some 200 people demanded that the school suspend cooperation with Israel over its attacks on Gaza.
Over 200 academics and technicians at the University of Florence signed a letter calling on the Italian Foreign Ministry not to participate in industrial, technical and scientific cooperation with Israel announced last November.
The protests extended to universities in Naples, Pisa, and Bologna, with faculty members and students calling for divestment from Israel.
Students at the University of Lausanne protested Israel's actions in Gaza, demanding an end to academic collaboration. Around 100 students occupied a building on campus.
Jewish academics and students in the Netherlands called on universities to take a strong stance against Israel's actions.
They contrasted the situation to the response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, urging similar actions, according to a statement in a local newspaper.
At McGill University, Canada, students demanded the administration cut ties with Israeli-affiliated firms, facing police attempts to disperse them. Similar protests took place at universities in Toronto and British Columbia.
In Australia, solidarity protests with the US demonstrations began at the University of Sydney, spreading to Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide. Leaders warned against actions damaging unity, amid accusations of racism and antisemitism directed at protesters.
At Auckland University, New Zealand, students protested Israel's Gaza attacks, demanding the end of ties with Israeli universities and companies. The university's handling of protests drew criticism from 65 academics, urging support for student demonstrations.
In Tokyo, students at Waseda University protested with chants of "Free Palestine" and "Save Gaza," calls echoed at Sofia, Tama Art, International Christian, and Hiroshima International Universities.
Indian students at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi demonstrated solidarity with Gaza and Columbia University.
Mideast countries also expressed support, with protests at universities in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, and Kuwait. Around 150 students from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon unfurled a giant Palestinian flag in front of the administration building and chanted: "Students and workers against the occupation."
