Rutgers-Newark students set up pro-Palestinian encampment

Students set up tents outside the Rutgers-Newark Law School on Wednesday to demand divestment from companies involved in the Israel-Hamas war.The pro-Palestinian protest began Wednesday at 11 a.m. with a rally outside the university’s Center for Law and Justice building, according to staff and students overseeing the encampment. Approximately 30 to 40 people slept overnight in tents at the encampment between University Avenue and Washington Street.

The Rutgers-Newark protesters also said they were demonstrating for several Newark-related issues, including more resources for free public housing, legal services for low-income residents and free health care for city residents.“The wave of protest actions taking place on college campuses across the nation, now including Rutgers-Newark, is rooted in pain,” Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor said in a message to faculty and students Wednesday.

“Even as we move fully into final exams recognizing how important it is for us all to avoid disruptions for our students in this culminating phase of their year of hard work, we will continue to safeguard peaceful protest as a fundamental aspect of our institutional identity,” Cantor said. Protesters also want Rutgers University to cease all military recruitment activities on its campuses and influence the city of Newark to do the same.

Edwards said there were a few confrontations with outsiders who showed up during the first night of the encampment, but since then the protest has been relatively quiet.

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