Mass protests across top universities in the United States are taking place, including those of Yale, New York University and Columbia University. The movement are various student solidarity societies for Palestine and Student’s Jewish Voice for Peace. Many of the student protestors have been arrested, suspended, and threatened. The main calls from the protesters are the divestment from corporations that profit from Israel’s military, the severing of academic ties and collaborations with Israeli universities and programs and calling for a complete ceasefire in Gaza.
Loving God, you have called us all to work for freedom, justice, and peace. We thank you for the brave students who are protesting for righteousness and are bearing witness to injustice. In these moments of deception and confusion, we remember that, “An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies” (Proverbs 12:17). Lord, protect the honest witnesses and give them wisdom with every word they speak, so that they bear good fruits, and be protected from those who want to slander and persecute them.
Lord in your mercy… hear our prayer