“A fence is not going to stop us not wanting to contribute to genocide.”
University of Toronto students established a protest encampment in solidarity with Palestine on Thursday morning, as part of a string of similar actions that have taken place at university campuses across North America, including six in Canada.
Approximately 150 students set up more than 50 tents at the university’s King’s College Circle. Throughout the day, the protest was peaceful. The students read books and newspapers, studied for assignments, rested in tents, enjoyed picnics, played soccer, and sang cultural songs.
The students’ key demands included calling on the university to disclose its financial holdings, and divestment from any companies that contribute to “upholding the occupation of Palestine.”
The students also called on the university to cut ties and partnerships with any Israeli academic institutions that operate in the Occupied Palestinian Territories “or sustain the apartheid policies, occupation and illegal settlement of these territories.”
The students published their demands to the university administration last month. (more...)
Students Step Up Pressure On University Of Toronto To Cut Ties With Israel
No comments:
Post a Comment