Jewish students at the University of Minnesota are speaking out about how the ongoing pro-Palestine protests on campus are affecting their education.
Student activists say the demonstrations outside Kaufman Memorial Union should not be seen as pro-peace or antiwar, and that many protesters are openly endorsing terrorism.
Student Isabel Pizarro says conversations about the conflict overseas continue to disrupt her classroom experience and make her feel unsafe.
"I find this disheartening because it's disrupting my education and my academic pursuits," says Pizarro. "And it also singles me out normally as the only Jewish student in my classes, and I feel forced to take a position on this conflict that I may not be prepared for."
These students say it's time to put an end to Jewish students being assaulted, verbally abused and marginalized.
On Tuesday, around 1,000 people rallied in support of Palestine and Gaza at the University of Minnesota, hours after at least nine students were arrested for setting a up an encampment on-campus.
One anonymous demonstrator hopes their presence encourages others to rally as well.
"So many are unaligned, but you have thousands of people that are out in this university alone," said the student. "You look across the nation, across the world, everybody is out. If you are scared you will have a support system behind you, fighting for you if anything happens. But I think at this point it's a genocide and our voice needs to be heard. It's never going to stop if we don't say something."
Police on the Minnesota campus cleared out other encampments that popped up on campus this week.
All of this is putting more pressure on university officials across the country to find a resolution ahead of planned graduation ceremonies next month.
As the death toll mounts in the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis worsens, protesters at universities across the country are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
That leaves some Jewish students saying the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus, partly prompting the calls for police intervention.