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Hundreds of DC area university students, faculty, and onlookers gathered at George Washington University on Thursday, as students set up tents and chanted in protest of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. The encampment is being organized by the DMV Coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine, which includes students from several local schools, including Georgetown, Howard, University of Maryland, and Gallaudet.
“We’re here to say, they have to divest, they need to protect their pro-Palestine students,” Salim said. “GW has been complicit in the genocide.” “We’re talking about the idea that the university should be for the students, by the students,” Mahmoud Beydoun, a George Washington graduate student, said. “This is our money, we’re paying into the institution…meet us where we’re at.”
At 11 AM today, the scene resembled many college campuses in the springtime, with students on their laptops in the grass, albeit flanked by tents. Some tents were emblazoned with the names of Palestinian cities—Jenin, Jerico, or Quds, the Arabic name of the city of Jerusalem. One featured a tribute to the Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed by an Israeli strike in December.
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