An anti-Israel encampment was established on the lawn of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on Monday.
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter of Rutgers University in New Brunswick (SJP Rutgers-NB) announced in a post on X that the encampment had “started” on Monday and was there to stay until “divestment.”
“ENCAMPMENT AT RUTGERS HAS STARTED!” the group wrote. “SHOW UP. HERE TILL DIVESTMENT.”
ENCAMPMENT AT RUTGERS HAS STARTED! SHOW UP🚨🚨 HERE TILL DIVESTMENT. pic.twitter.com/fKfQ8w9n6O
— SJP Rutgers-NB (@SJPRutgersNB) April 29, 2024
Several signs seen on tents in the encampment stated, “Free Palestine. Divest Now,” “F**k colonialism,” and “Globalize the Intifada.”
SOLIDARITY SEEN THROUGHOUT OUR ENCAMPMENT pic.twitter.com/vC4pvTLqTc
— SJP Rutgers-NB (@SJPRutgersNB) April 30, 2024
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