The protesters, who have remained peaceful, are part of a national movement on U.S. college campuses calling for universities to divest from entities benefitting from the war in Gaza.
Police on Friday disbanded the 16-day old pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Pennsylvania, less than 24 hours after Gov.called for its removal and over the objections of free speech advocates.
In the email, President J. Larry Jameson, Provost John L. Jackson Jr. and Craig R. Carnaroli, senior executive vice president, said access to College Green, where the approximate 35-tent encampment had been set up, would be restricted until further notice., as well as the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, which said, “it had become increasingly clear over the past two weeks that the encampment fostered an atmosphere of intimidation and harassment, particularly towards Jews on campus.
Nada, who asked that her last name not be used out of fear of retaliation, was sleeping at the encampment when a voice said, “You have two minutes to leave the property or you will be arrested.” The protesters are part of a national movement on U.S. college campuses calling for universities to disclose their funding sources andAt Penn, protesters are also calling on the university to provide amnesty for pro-Palestinian students facing discipline over past protests. Penn has so far placed at least six students on leave and evicted one of them, an international student, from campus housing for participating in the encampment.
Woubshet, member of Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine, said Penn should have followed the lead of other universities, including Rutgers, that came to peaceful agreements with their protesters. University leaders said they could not permit further disruption of Penn’s academic operations or risk students being prevented from taking exams or participating in commencement, scheduled for May 20 at Franklin Field.
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