On May first, 2024, UC San Diego became one of many universities around the world to hold a student-formed encampment in solidarity with demands for divestment from Israel. It was also among many to have had administration call forth riot police for the dismantling of the encampment and arrest of those involved. Although protests grew after the arrest of 64 people during the destruction of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, efforts quickly died down as threats of arrest and suspension have risen from the UC San Diego administration alongside college administrations across the country.