With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protest camp at UBC digs in for long haul

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VANCOUVER — Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver have brought in food, water and other supplies to prepare for what may become a protracted stay.

The encampment went up Monday and now has supply tents, filled with large quantities of bottled water, food and bedding, while two portable toilets have also been brought in.

One protester who declined to be identified says the group is committed to stay until their demands are met, including an academic boycott of Israeli universities and that UBC divests from Israeli companies that they say are complicit in"oppression and genocide" of Palestinians. Inside the camp, the atmosphere is festive with music playing and people sitting on lawn chairs or in tents chatting among themselves.

There was no visible RCMP presence outside the camp Tuesday, and a police spokesman directed comments to UBC, which did not respond immediately to requests for further comment.

 

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