Pro-Palestinian protesters who created an encampment and blocked entrances to University of California, Santa Cruz campus buildings were forcibly removed Friday morning and many arrested, a university spokesperson said.
The protests began nearly a month ago on the UC Santa Cruz campus, with students demanding a cease-fire in the war in Gaza and the divestment by the university from Israeli institutions.On May 20, academic workers at UC Santa Cruz went on strike to protest the use of police to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from UC campuses as part of a systemwide protest against the university.
'Following the continued intentional and dangerous blockade of campus entrances, UC Santa Cruz took action to remove the barricades and disband the unlawful encampment Those actions started early this morning.
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