In a decision that has been criticized by pro-Palestinian activists, UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla called in the police on May 6 to dismantle the encampment.
In a decision that has been criticized by pro-Palestinian activists, Khosla called in the police on May 6 to dismantle the encampment. Police arrested some 60 students and two faculty members., Khosla explained the rationale behind his decision. The UCSD chancellor feared that if he let the encampment continue, his campus would break out into. At least 15 people suffered injuries due to the violence at UCLA.
“I am here first and foremost because I want to stand with the students who are saying that genocide is not OK,” the professor said during the encampment, later calling the students’ actions “courageous.” Between May 1, when the pro-Palestinian coalition organized the encampment, and May 6, tensions grew on campus. On May 5, some counterprotesters defending Israel expressed concern over the group’s calls for “intifada”, which literally means “shaking off.” To many Jews, the term has an antisemitic connotation, generally associated with terrorism and death.
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