Montreal protesters set up about 20 tents Saturday afternoon with the intent of staying on McGill University’s lower field “indefinitely.”
They joined a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations held on campuses across the U.S. who want to see universities divest from companies with business ties to Israel.
Zeca Eufemia, a McGill student and teaching assistant who was among those protesting, said the encampment had, indeed, tripled in size, as the university statement claimed.
Sasha Boucher, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party who was not a McGill student but said he was at the encampment in solidarity with Palestinians, said the protesters felt support from the general public.
Nanre Nafziger, an assistant professor in McGill’s department of integrated studies in education, said she came to the encampment to support the protesting students.
Pearl Eliadis, a human rights lawyer and associate professor at McGill, told CBC Montreal’s Daybreak in an interview that the university may go to court to seek an injunction to have the protesters removed.
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Montreal protesters set up about 20 tents Saturday afternoon with the intent of staying on McGill University’s lower field “indefinitely.”
They joined a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations held on campuses across the U.S. who want to see universities divest from companies with business ties to Israel.
Zeca Eufemia, a McGill student and teaching assistant who was among those protesting, said the encampment had, indeed, tripled in size, as the university statement claimed.
Sasha Boucher, a member of the Revolutionary Communist Party who was not a McGill student but said he was at the encampment in solidarity with Palestinians, said the protesters felt support from the general public.
Nanre Nafziger, an assistant professor in McGill’s department of integrated studies in education, said she came to the encampment to support the protesting students.
Pearl Eliadis, a human rights lawyer and associate professor at McGill, told CBC Montreal’s Daybreak in an interview that the university may go to court to seek an injunction to have the protesters removed.
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