Arrests follow barricades and encampments as college students nationwide protest Gaza war


by The Independent

The Independent— Dozens of protestors have barricaded themselves inside two buildings on a Northern California campus in protest of Israel’s war with Hamas

WCVB—Emerson College students set up encampment to protest war in Gaza. About 100 demonstrators are urging college officials to support a ceasefire in Gaza and to divest from companies and institutions that support Israel.

Seven Days—UVM, Middlebury College Students Set Up Encampments to Protest War in Gaza. Student activists at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College on Sunday established encampments to protest the war in Gaza, joining a rapidly spreading movement. Roughly 50 UVM students pitched tents on the Andrew-Harris Commons on Sunday afternoon. Fifteen or so tents were tightly clustered in the central campus location when Seven Days visited. Students continued to set up tents as rain poured down. “We all feel a duty to humanity to stop this genocide,” James, a third-year UVM...

ABC News—College encampments protesting Israeli military operations in Gaza grow nationwide: What students are saying. Protests calling for the divestment from Israeli military operations have continued to spread on college campuses throughout the country.