Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in front of the Institute of Politics building in the 5700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago on May 17, 2024. Students and alumni from the University of Chicago briefly occupied the university’s Institute of Politics late Friday afternoon to protest the war in Gaza and demand that the university divest itself of financial assets associated with Israel.
People with Israeli flags look on as pro-Palestinian protesters rally in front of the Institute of Politics building in the 5700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago on May 17, 2024. University alumnus Patrick McWilliams said he attended the protest, which took place during the school’s alumni weekend, to “leverage our position as alumni to say that you will not continue to do this in our name.”
Protesters climbed the roof of the Institute of Politics building around 5:45 p.m. to hang a Palestinian flag from the second floor of the building and began erecting a tent on the lawn. A small group of people draped with Israeli flags looked on from across Woodlawn Avenue, many standing near the university’s Chabad Rohr House a few buildings down.
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