On May 7, protests spread across Europe with mass arrests in the Netherlands, and five days later, 20 encampments had been established in the United Kingdom and across universities in Australia and Canada.

Since October 7th, 2023, protesters have been arrested at the following pro-Palestine events: On April 23, 2024, in an event organized by Ohio Youth for Climate Justice, around 60 individuals gathered outside Meiling Hall, an administrative building near the Wexner Medical Center, to protest the Israel-Palestine conflict, and to advocate fossil fuel divestment during an OSU Board of Trustees meeting inside the building.

OSU police officers told the protesters that even though they did not bring their megaphones, they could be heard from inside the building's lobby.

A statement OSU later released read: "Arrests are not an action that we take lightly, and we appreciate the support of all of our law enforcement partners to disperse the encampment for the safety of our university community.

The demonstrators filled the gallery and yelled slogans such as "shame" at courthouse representatives during the speeches of three OSU students who been arrested at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

[c] Their poster, titled "Intifada, Revolution, and the Path to a Free Palestine", included a drawing of an armed pro-Palestinian militant, which caused the university to claim CORS posed a "significant risk of substantial harm".

[5][44][45] CORS called the statements made by The Lantern defamatory, demanding that the OSU administration retract and apologize for their article.

[6] According to Students for Justice in Palestine President Jineen Musa, the signatures were "deemed invalid due to the dissemination of the petition on Instagram".

Musa claimed other candidates who had "used the exact same method to a greater extent than what we did" were not penalized, implying their initiative was targeted due to its pro-Palestinian content.

[52][50] The act has garnered attention on social media, with pro-Palestine group Rising Tide Columbus alleging that it marks the end of free speech protections at OSU and that it was passed to oppress pro-Palestinian protests.

[57] On November 10, there was a violent antisemitic hate crime perpetrated by two males against Jewish students on North High Street next to OSU campus.

[66] President Walter E. Carter Jr. has referred to pro-Palestinian demonstrations as consisting of "threats of violence" and "hate speech", again without describing any specific comments.

[68] After the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, President Carter released a public statement directed toward "students, faculty, and staff" saying, "What occurred on our campus on April 25 was not about limiting free speech.

It was an intentional violation of university space rules that exist so that teaching, learning, research, service and patient care can occur on our campuses without interruption".

[69] In a later interview with The Lantern, Carter was asked about why an "on-campus Christian baptism ceremony", which outstayed its space reservation, resulted in no arrests, in contrast to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

Carter stated that the latter protest only ended in arrests due to "a planned attempt and a clear statement to violate campus space rules".

After the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Ohio State Senator (R) Jerry Cirino gave a speech named "New OSU President Passes First Test with Flying Colors", stating that "university administrators across the country could learn a thing or two from the OSU example, rather than sitting on their hands as violent mobs riot, storm buildings, and engage in running street battles with police, as shockingly occurred at colleges including Columbia and UCLA".

He concluded his speech by saying "perhaps we should consider introducing legislation that would provide for the termination of faculty members, tenured or not, who participate in, or encourage others to commit, violence on campus" and that "freedom from this horrible fear is every student's God-given right" and is his "sacred duty".