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Oxford and Cambridge students set up pro-Palestinian camps outside university buildings

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The encampments are similar to those seen in US universities in recent weeks, which resulted in around 2,500 arrests.

Oxford and Cambridge university students have set up pro-Palestinian encampments on campus lawns. They were started outside King's College in Cambridge and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Kendall Gardner, a Jewish student at Oxford University, told Sky News she was 'really inspired by the events that have been happening across the world'. 'The US started a global chain of student activism for Palestine,' she said.

' Read more:Why are university students protesting in the US?Inside pro-Palestinian protest as police break up UCLA encampment The university added that the Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum remained open. Many students across the UK have started to gather in protest against the war in Gaza, with encampments set up in cities including Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and Leeds.

 

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