Along with a cease-fire and divestment from Israeli universities and companies that support the Israeli military, many student protests are calling for what they call "Palestinian liberation" and end to Israeli occupation.

Inspired by ongoing protests and the arrests last week of more than 100 students at Columbia University in New York City, seen at the epicenter of the ongoing demonstrations, students from Massachusetts to California, and Tennessee to Texas, are now gathering by the hundreds and are pledging to stay put on campus until ...