“Free, free, Palestine,” was chanted by hundreds of students outside of the Stony Brook University Union on Oct. 18 — nearly two weeks after war began between Israel and Hamas. “I am just sick and tired of the world giving a blank eye to the Palestinian suffering,” Adan Piracha, a sophomore biochemistry major, said.

Imri Kalmann shared his experience of what it means to be gay in Israel at the event “Understanding the LGBTQ movement in Israel,” held by Stony Brook Hillel.