Protesters and counter-protesters continue to demonstrate at DePaul University.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 11:02AM
Students set up their own encampment Wednesday, with a confrontation and counter-protesters to the Lincoln Park campus.Pro-Palestinian demonstrators encountered supporters of Israel. At times it got heated before both sides eventually dispersed. Pro-Palestinian DePaul protesters are calling for the university to disclose any investments that support Israel, to eliminate study abroad trips to Israel and to end relationships with Israeli universities.DePaul said it hopes to establish a dialogue with protestors.
"I just really wish people supported the Jewish community more and maybe facilitated some kind of discussion between the two groups," Israel supporter Andrey Pikovskiy said. "We are out here for Palestinian liberation. We know that it's not anti-Semitic to stand for that," one pro-Palestinian demonstrator said.Meanwhile another ended at Northwestern when the university agreed to more transparency in its investments.So far, there have been no arrests locally in relation to any of the campus protests.
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