Led by the UA Leftist Collective, students filled up the University of Alabama student center plaza to stand in solidarity with Palestine. Not only are the students protesting the war in Gaza, but they are calling on UA’s administration to make changes. One of the signs said, “The Tide against genocide”.
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Students want the school to stop being complicit in what they call genocide in Gaza and divest from corporations that support war in Israel. They are also asking the school to stop Lockheed Martin, a Department of Defense contractor, from recruiting on campus among other demands. “At the end of the day, all we want to do is be able to have our voices heard in order to spread knowledge in order for people to open their eyes and open their ears to what’s really going on overseas,” Omar Qashou, a student at the protest said.
A separate group of students also gathered a counter protest in support of Israel waving American and Israeli flags. At one point, both groups were yelling back and forth, but the protest remained peaceful.“Protests were held on campus today by groups with opposing viewpoints. The University appreciates that attendees peacefully exercised their free speech rights with no disruptions, violence, vandalism or arrests.
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