Pro-Palestinian encampments spring up on the campuses of UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Occidental College, Sacramento State and San Francisco State.
Pro-Palestinian protesters, who are demanding divestment from Israel and an end to the country's military actions in Gaza, set up several new tent encampments at colleges and universities across California on Monday. Encampments sprang up on the campuses of UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Occidental College, Sacramento State and San Francisco State. They join ongoing protests at campuses including Cal Poly Humboldt, UCLA and USC. In a statement Monday, Sacramento State President J.
Sarah Khalil, 21, a fourth-year student, said protesters are prepared to stay in the encampment as long as it takes for the university to negotiate with them. “It is a humanitarian cause, and it’s a genocide that’s killed over 30,000 people,” said Khalil, who noted that she is Palestinian and her family was forced to leave their country.
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