Negotiation Lessons from Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests

Earlier this year, dozens of U.S. college campuses were the centers of protest encampments led by Palestinian students and their allies. These encampments, protesting the unfolding genocide in Gaza, were part of a decades-long struggle for freedom for Palestinian people. Student demands to disclose and divest from genocide, colliding with university official’s desire to return the campus to routine operation, resulted in a number of negotiations.