Demonstrators at George Washington University broke down a metal barrier early Monday that cordoned off the encampment. Activists have since planted a Palestinian flag in the middle of the heap. Student leaders said Monday they’re planning to stay indefinitely at George Washington University’s encampment protesting the Israel-Hamas war — even if it costs them good grades in school and job opportunities off campus.
The remains of the barrier were piled into the middle of the open courtyard that faces H Street Northwest, with a traffic cone used to triumphantly hold up a Palestinian flag near the top of the heap. “We are in this for the long haul. I am feeling that this is really powerful,” said Miriam, who acts as a camp spokesperson but declined to share her last name.
The protesters’ demands include dropping minor criminal charges and school disciplinary measures taken against a handful of students last week, as well as cutting business ties with Israeli academic institutions and with companies selling weapons to the Jewish state. “Whether it is due to incompetence or sympathy for the cause of these Hamas supporters, you are failing to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens by letting a terrorist-supporting mob take over a large area of a university,” Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, wrote in a letter to the mayor. “Your actions are a good reminder of why Washington, D.C., must never become a state.”
Mr. Salim, the postgrad student, said the camp has avoided antisemitism by being specifically against Israel, and not Jewish people as a whole.
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