Jewish groups said they organized the demonstration to help Jewish DePaul students feel safer.
Pro-Palestinian activists argue with pro-Israel activists while members of the Chicago Police Department stand between the two groups outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University on May 5, 2024, in Chicago.
Pro-Palestinian activists argue with pro-Israel activists while members of the Chicago Police department stand between the two groups outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University on May 5, 2024, in Chicago. Pro-Palestinian activists argue with pro-Israel activists while members of the Chicago Police department stand between the two groups outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University on May 5, 2024, in Chicago.
A pro-Palestine protester, left, argues with a pro-Israel protester, right, during a rally on April 30, 2024, at an encampment site on the quad at DePaul University in Chicago. Pro-Israel counter protesters rally together nearby an encampment site set up by activists affiliated with DePaul Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine on April 30, 2024, at DePaul University in Chicago.
Activists affiliated with DePaul Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine stand by during a rally against pro-Israel counter protesters on April 30, 2024, at an encampment site on the quad at DePaul University in Chicago. An activist affiliated with DePaul Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine sits in a tent while participating in a rally against Pro-Israel counter protesters on April 30, 2024, at an encampment site on the quad at DePaul University in Chicago.
Pro-Israel activists walk through the quad at DePaul University on April 30, 2024, where students have set up an encampment site calling for the university to divest from donations and funding associated with Israel. “It’s sad to see what’s happening in our city,” Helmer said. “They’re allowing these protests to ruin our campus and our neighborhoods. My friends can’t enjoy their neighborhood, they can’t walk their children to school anymore because of this. This is not free speech.”
Ayesh, who is a Palestinian student, said she is proud of the self-sustaining community she’s seen arise in the encampment. Organizers instructed encampment protesters not to engage with counterprotesters, and they have by and large respected that request, she said. Police moved the encampment protesters inside the quad by Sunday afternoon. Some continued to gather by the entrances and cling to fences, facing the counterprotesters.
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