Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Houston, arrest two students

by Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune Protest ers gather outside the Harris County Joint Processing Center in Houston following the arrest of two University of Houston students and the dismantling of an on-campus encampment in support of Palestinians on Wednesday. was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Protesters had set up a blue tarp to cover the fields of the university’s Butler Plaza and surrounded the area with wooden barricades. They joined students across Texas and the country demanding that their schools divest from manufacturers supplying Israel weapons in its strikes on Gaza. The demonstrators were also demanding that UH remove the McDonald’s, Sabra and Starbucks franchises on campus due to claims that those corporations have financially supported Israel.

One student was arrested for failing to identify themselves and a second student was arrested for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, the university said. Bubbles fluttered out of a tiny machine at one end of the crowd, which was parted in the middle by sheriff’s deputies standing in front of the entrance to the building. One law enforcement officer appeared to photograph the crowd from the end of the block.

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