About 30 tents filled one corner of the campus’s central lawn as the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping college campuses grew in the D.C. area.
WASHINGTON, DC - APR 25: A protest encampment in support of Gaza and a ceasefire at George Washington University in Washington, DC on April 25, 2024. About 30 tents filled one corner of George Washington University’s central lawn Thursday morning, as the pro-Palestinian protests and encampments sweeping college campuses across the country started to grow in D.C.
A group of about dozen demonstrators banged drums and led chants from the H street sidewalk. Through bullhorns, they called for a cease-fire in Gaza, an end to all aid to Israel and the restoration of Palestinian borders to what they were inAbout a dozen people echoed the chant, holding signs that said, “End the occupation now.”
A few feet away, two George Washington University police officers watched the demonstration. One had an AirPod in and sipped his coffee.About 10 a.m., a man who said he was a student at the university walked into the crowd holding an Israeli flag above his head.
At that point, the officers forced the man away from the demonstration and into a university building, with his hands behind his back.Near tents on the grass, some students sat on their laptops and others sorted through stacks of fruit snacks and granola bars. The number of students in kaffiyehs doubled from about 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
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