The offer includes forming a working group to consider options for the disclosure of the school's investments, but the university says it will not end any partnerships with Israeli universities as protesters have demanded.
The protesters had joined students at other universities in Canada and the United States in calling on their schools to disclose ties with the Israeli government, divest from Israeli companies and terminate partnerships with Israeli academic institutions that operated under parameters they opposed. Asked if the university is prepared to call police to clear the camp, Gertler said they are “not eliminating any options.”
After Gertler's news conference, some protesters gathered outside the encampment perimeter, chanting"We won't rest till U of T divests" and other slogans.