First Anti-Israel Encampment of the Trump Admin Brings Prompt Disciplinary Hearings
8th February 2025
The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at Bowdoin College, a highly selective liberal arts school in Maine, launched an anti-Israel encampment overnight, taking over the school’s main student union. Protesters already face disciplinary hearings.
The SJP members entered the Smith Union building around 10 p.m. Thursday, set up tents and a “community library,” and renamed the building the “Shaban-Al Dalou Union,” photos and videos show. Bowdoin security officials entered the building around 1 a.m. Friday to take the names and student IDs of participants. They told students who stayed in the building that they were “on a path to no longer be Bowdoin students.”