Organizers said they plan to occupy the area until Northwestern ends partnerships supporting Israel, and vows to protect their free speech rights on campus.
CHICAGO -- Dozens of Northwestern University students on Thursday joined the pro- Palestine protests sweeping college campuses across the country.A group of Northwestern students set up a tent encampment Thursday morning in Deering Meadow on the university's campus in Evanston. Protesters also posted a sign reading 'Free Gaza Liberated Zone.' Pro-Palestinian protesters at college campuses across the country have described similar encampments as 'liberated zones.
Protests on several other college campuses across the country have led to clashes with police, and in some cases complaints of antisemitic behavior by demonstrators.Boston Police arrested more than 100 protesters at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Emerson College early Thursday morning. More than 100 people have been arrested at Columbia University in New York since similar protests began last week.
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