Hundreds attend pro-Palestinian protest on Stanford campus

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A protest is underway at Stanford University calling for the school to divest from Israel, according to a coalition supporting the liberation of Palestine.

The coalition, called Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine posted on Instagram calling for the university's students, faculty, staff and community to rally during Stanford's Admit Weekend at the Main Quad and demand that the university address "their collaboration with apartheid and divest."Admit Weekend is a weekend trip at the university for incoming students to tour the university, attend their college's Open House, and bond with fellow students.

, including at Emory University in Atlanta, New York University and Columbia University in New York City, Temple University and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Princeton University in New Jersey, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California and University of California Los Angeles in LA, and George Washington University in D.C.Additionally, the University of California, Berkeley has seen its own share of protests and tent encampments on its campus. U.C.

 

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