Oxford and Cambridge students set up encampments in solidarity with Gaza as ... trends now
Oxford and Cambridge students have set up encampments on the grass in front of their respective establishments in solidarity with Gaza.
The pro-Palestine supporters at Oxford pitched up their tents this morning outside the Pitt Rivers Museum, which they claim holds 'a disturbing hoard of artefacts stolen from colonised peoples across the world'.
Similarly in coordination with organisers at Cambridge, students have set up a base on the lawn of King's College because the university 'supports Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza'.
Both groups are saying they 'will not rest until their demands are met', with study tents, toilet facilities, and food making areas already in place.
Oxford and Cambridge students have set up encampments on the grass in front of their respective establishments in solidarity with Gaza
The pro-Palestine supporters at Oxford (above) pitched up their tents this morning outside the Pitt Rivers Museum, which they claim holds 'a disturbing hoard of artefacts stolen from colonised peoples across the world'
The action comes after weeks of protests in American universities, with dozens of students arrested at the University of Virginia this morning
The action comes after weeks of protests in American universities, with dozens of students arrested at the University of Virginia this morning.
The growing number of demonstrations have led to 'serious' government concerns that the campus protests could escalate to violence as witnessed in the US.
At Oxford protest leaders, who have named their camp a 'Liberated Zone' have pinned up a board with a list of six demands to university chiefs, including to 'boycott Israeli genocide, apartheid and occupation', to 'disclose all finances', 'stop banking with Barclays', help rebuild Gaza's education system and 'divest from Israeli genocide, apartheid and occupation'.
Alongside this they have argued
