A photo of a pro-Palestinian encampment that students have set up on the campus Quad . Students are calling for UW to end its connection to both Israel and Boeing. on the University of Washington campus and it appears the encampment is staying right where it is in the middle of campus.
Zho Ragen with the University of Washington United Front for Palestinian Liberation told KOMO News on Monday the encampment members "are proud of what happened Sunday."The University closed off the entrances to the quad with fencing and police lined the south entrance to the quad where both the pro-Palestinian protesters and the counter-protesters came face to face.
Ragen said the two sides are far from common ground and believes the students' concerns should be the university's priority - insisting a public university should be about the students and education, not business.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
Encampment Pro-Palestinian University Protesters Counter-Protesters Quad Ragen
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