Newcastle University was the latest to attract crowds pitching tents around university buildings and hoisting Palestinian flags in protest of the ruinous war in the Levant.
Read more:Scores of pro- Palestine encampments are being erected at universities across the country as American campuses are crippled by violent clashes at encampments of students expressing solidarity with Gaza.
People gather during a protest in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Newcastle University, in Newcastle on May 1A protest at the University of Newcastle organised by pro-Palestine supportersNewcastle University was the latest to attract crowds pitching tents around university buildings
A member of the group said they were 'steering clear of... asserting too many demands' at present until they can be 'fleshed out in a more democratic way'. In February a Jewish chaplain at Leeds University was forced into hiding with his young family after receiving death threats over his role as an IDF reservist.
And in Newcastle, students protested an alleged partnership between the university and defence and security company Leonardo SpA, claimed to have involvement in producing equipment for Israeli jets. David Maguire, the vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia , said that protests had so far been peaceful but agreed that US-style clashes 'could happen here', as reported by The Guardian.Jonathan Turner, chief executive of UK Lawyers for Israel, said: 'Universities should take immediate legal action to remove these encampments before Jewish and other students are harassed and excluded.
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