More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school's downtown campus On Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by to drop off donations and supplies.
McGill said in a statement dated Saturday night that the students refused a request to remove their tents, but confirmed the protest had been peaceful and was contained to the lower field. The Associated Press reported that nearly 900 people had been arrested in U.S. college protests since April 18, when New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University and arrested more than 100 demonstrators.
Dozens of supporters clapped and waved Palestinian flags near the encampment as a speaker on a megaphone chanted"Disclose. Divest. We will not stop, we will not rest." In a video published to social media late Saturday, MP Anthony Housefather called on McGill to dismantle the encampment, with the help of police if needed. He said that while people have a right to protest, encampments violate"pretty much every code of conduct," including McGill's.
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