Joe Biden is caught between students demanding peace, and Americans concerned the unrest is disrupting education.

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism.

Students at Trinity College Dublin protesting Israel's war in Gaza have built an encampment that forced the university to restrict campus access on Saturday and close the Book of Kells exhibition, one of Ireland's top tourist attractions.

C hants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U.S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U.K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.

This week's roundup of extremism news focuses on one campus protest that was roiled by extremist counterprotesters.

Up to a thousand pro-Palestinian protestors have marched through New York following the shut down of one of the last student protest encampments at New York University. Earlier in the day, officials had asked for the police’s assistance to disperse the encampments, with some students arrested.

Some U.S. universities with weekend graduation ceremonies are taking steps to keep a lid on possible disruptions

More than 200 counter-protestors began shouting and throwing objects toward the approximately 50 pro-Palestine protestors.