Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Hundreds of people gathered at Alki beach for a vigil remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, the 26-year-old human rights activist from Seattle killed by the Israeli military.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, a Turkish American woman and a recent graduate of the University of Washington, was allegedly shot and killed in the occupied West Bank on Friday.

Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

Portland State University was closed for a second day as protesters continued to occupy a campus library. Administrators and demonstrators said Wednesday morning that negotiations had fallen apart overnight.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's airports.

Democrat turnout is way down in the pimary, and about 8% of voters are "uncommitted" to Biden in early returns.

Activists, along with some local union leaders and elected officials, are encouraging voters frustrated with the president’s support of Israel to vote uncommitted in the March 12 primary.

At recent protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, like the one at the Space Needle on Sunday, young activists locked arms with older Jewish protesters, some of whom have been protesting Israeli policies toward Gaza and the West Bank for decades.

Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza are blocking traffic at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived. The Cape Orlando drew similar protests in Oakland, California, on Friday before it sailed to Tacoma.

Hundreds of people marched on Washington's Capitol building in Olympia Saturday, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to show solidarity with Palestinians.