MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists said on Monday they have no intention of dismantling their camp at Montreal's McGill University, as the school said it wasn't ruling out calling in police to deal with what it called an illegal encampment.
It also said it had seen video evidence of some people using"unequivocally antisemitic language and intimidating behaviour" during the protest, but it did not provide further details. The school has previously asked one of the organizing groups — Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill — to stop using the university's name after it says the group made"incendiary posts" following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. In a Facebook post soon after the attack, SPHR McGill called the militants' actions"heroic" and asked Montrealers to"celebrate the resistance’s success.
While police cars could be seen on nearby streets, there was no visible police presence on school grounds as the encampment members and dozens of supporters gathered for a brief rally Monday morning. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, a McGill alumnus who represents a Montreal riding, said the encampment is creating a climate of intimidation and needs to be dismantled.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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