Friday was the fifth day of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of Chicago campus and tensions soared after counter-protesters showed up on the quad carrying American and Israeli flags.
Friday was the fifth day of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of Chicago campus and tensions soared after counter-protesters showed up on the quad carrying American and Israeli flags.Police from the University of Chicago formed a line, blocking the counter-protesters from mingling with the pro-Palestinian group.The University sent out an alert via X, "please avoid the main quad area. Reports of physical altercations.
"I completely denounce everything that’s being said by these chants where there’s calls for violence against Jewish members of the community," said Aaron Weinberg, who said he’s the only Jewish representative in the student government. University leaders met with the pro-Palestinian protesters on Thursday. The protesters said that the university had engaged in insincere negotiations.
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