Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn’t fail: Activists
Key takeaways
- With Columbia University set to be represented in Congress by former protester, advocates see ‘new wave of hope’.
- But a string of electoral wins by critics of Israeli abuses appears to indicate that activism’s success can only be measured in the long term.
- In New York, Darializa Avila Chevalier, an activist who participated in the pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, won a Democratic congressional primary against a five-term incumbent.
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With Columbia University set to be represented in Congress by former protester, advocates see ‘new wave of hope’.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier at a rally in Brooklyn ahead of New York's primary election, on June 18, 2026 [Ryan Murphy/AP Photo]By Ali Harb and Holden Lombardo Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026Over the past year, it may have appeared that the pro-Palestine protest movement in the United States has lost momentum in the face of smears, crackdowns, indifference and fatigue.
But a string of electoral wins by critics of Israeli abuses appears to indicate that activism’s success can only be measured in the long term.