The Gamecocks for Israel student organization at Â鶹Сòòò½´«Ã½ held a rally on Dec. 7, 2023, to show support for Israel and call for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Members of the Jewish community in Columbia and allies gathered on Greene Street while Jewish students and community leaders gave speeches. Speakers included second-year international business student and president of Hillel at Â鶹Сòòò½´«Ã½ Casey Fitzgerald, Rabbi Sruly Epstein of Chabad at Â鶹Сòòò½´«Ã½ and Alpha Epsilon Pi President Bari Klarberg. The rally was interrupted by a group of pro-Palestine counter-protestors but quickly resumed after campus police and several members of the rally intervened.