![Student Pro-Palestine protesters sit and shout “Free, Free, Free Palestine,” on Thursday. NIU students are protesting for the second day in a row. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7119-1200x900.jpg)
Pro-Palestine Protesters enter Altgeld Hall
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| May 2, 2024
![Protesters gather at the MLK Commons Wednesday in support of Palestine. The protest began at 12:30 p.m. with protesters chanting while others played instruments to attempt to gather more of an attention during Food Truck Wednesday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/protest_720.jpg)
BREAKING: Palestine protesters have multiple demands for NIU
By Gabby Crabtree and Rachel Cormier
| May 1, 2024
![NIU student protesters march down the permanently closed Normal Road near the MLK Commons. Palestine protesters marched through NIU’s campus on Monday. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/4-29-Pal-March-SR-12-1200x800.jpeg)
Palestine protesters march through NIU’s campus
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| April 29, 2024
![Protesters march with Palestine flags during the first intifada in Dec. 1987 within the Gaza Strip. Hamas was formed as a Palestinian militant group in 1987 by Ahmed Yassin during the intifada, which was a Palestinian rebellion against Israeli occupation. (Efi Sharir / Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2970-1200x798.jpg)
Understand Hamas’ origins before condemning Israel
By Santiago Montañez Bertoletti, Opinion Columnist
| April 29, 2024
![A crowd gathers around the NIU letters at the MLK Commons in support of Palestine. On Monday, the Students for Justice in Palestine put together a walkout. (Gabby Crabtree | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0641.jpeg)
NIU students host a walkout for Gaza
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| April 16, 2024
![Attendees sit and listen to speaker Nader Alghoul discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict. There were roughly 60 individuals in attendance at the panel. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_9803-1200x800.jpg)
IN PICTURES: Student orgs host panel on Israel-Palestine conflict
By Tim Dodge, Photo Editor
| March 7, 2024
![Protesters chant as passing cars honk in support. Flags blew in the strong wind as the sun beat down on the group Sunday. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/3-3-DKB-Pal-Protest-SR-04-1200x800.jpg)
IN PICTURES: Palestinian support shown downtown
By Sean Reed, Photo Editor
| March 4, 2024
![A crowd of people protest in support of Palestine. Protesters flew Palestinian flags and waved signs at Memorial Park on Sunday. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0616-1200x800.jpeg)
Pro-Palestine supporters rally at Memorial Park
By Gabby Crabtree, News Editor
| March 4, 2024
![Junior elementary education major Sarah Salem steps forward from the crowd Thursday to address another person’s comment on boycotting stores like McDonald’s and Starbucks. “Israeli people have privileges from our tax dollars that we don’t even have. They are given subsidized housing. They are given free education. They are given free healthcare,” Salem said. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1-25_Pal-Walkout-SR-6-1200x800.jpg)
Pro-Palestine supporters protest in MLK Commons
By Rachel Cormier, Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, and Sean Reed
| January 25, 2024
![Three students stand at podiums while presenting and talking. The SGA approved a resolution on Dec. 1 addressing students impacted by the Israel-Hamas war. (Joey Trella | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/E77E8791-93D7-43BA-87C3-9BA89E269389-1.png)
SGA reworks Israel-Hamas statement, acknowledges students
By Brandon Clark, News Reporter
| December 3, 2023
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