Tag: Encampment

Police pull apart pro-Palestinian tent encampment at MIT

BOSTON (AP) — Police early Friday have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. People were being detained and video showed police roaming through the encampment. Organizers said only about 10 people were inside the camp, but a crowd outside the camp began gathering and chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. Tensions have […]

Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Encampment in Amsterdam – HotAir

As you may have heard, the pro-Palestinian encampments which have spread across the US have now also spread to at least a dozen campuses in Europe. One of the largest has been at the University of Amsterdam. Some instances of violence against Jewish students quickly made news. BREAKING: Anti-Israel students & activists armed with sticks […]

Denver to clear migrant encampment due to safety concerns

Denver officials have announced plans to clear a migrant encampment located in the city’s Central Park, citing safety issues and unauthorized use of private property. The encampment, currently home to approximately 100 migrants, is situated on land owned by the Union Pacific railroad company. The group residing at the encampment includes individuals, families, and children, […]

Police Clear Encampment at University of Chicago – HotAir

It became clear this was coming last week when the school’s president announced that the encampment could not continue. This morning the University of Chicago became the latest school to have a pro-Palestinian encampment cleared out by the police. Word apparently got out late last night that a 3 am clearing of the camp was […]

MIT pro-Palestinian protesters break through barricades to retake encampment

NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday broke through fencing, linked arms and encircled tents that remained there, as Columbia University canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests. Sam Ihns, a graduate student at MIT studying […]