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"We hope everyone will allow our graduating students to have their moment without disruption or interruption," U of T wrote in a statement. But protesters have said they don't see how their presence would disrupt graduation events, and that they're resolved to stay until the university meets demands around divestment of companies profiting from Israel's offensive in Gaza.
She said graduating students who are part of the encampment are"thinking about their friends and their families in Gaza."A number of high-profile Jewish organizations who said they were granted intervener status at the injunction court proceedings voiced their opposition to the encampment at a news conference near campus earlier in the day.
Among emails submitted to court in support of its injunction application, the university shared a message from a parent of a graduating student who asked whether the convocation ceremony could be moved to"a safer location." The email said one of the family members planning to attend is a Holocaust survivor and walking by the encampment would be distressing.
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