Oxford University students launched Gaza encampments on campus on Monday, echoing protests that have spread across other universities.
Videos flooded social media, depicting rows of tents and banners proclaiming 'Welcome to the people’s university for Palestine.'
This movement mirrors similar actions in the U.S. - and in a display of solidarity, 108 lecturers, faculty members and researchers from multiple colleges signed an open letter, affirming their support for the encampment outside Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum.
#GazaProtests #Palestine #Israel #OxfordUniversity #UK
Videos flooded social media, depicting rows of tents and banners proclaiming 'Welcome to the people’s university for Palestine.'
This movement mirrors similar actions in the U.S. - and in a display of solidarity, 108 lecturers, faculty members and researchers from multiple colleges signed an open letter, affirming their support for the encampment outside Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum.
#GazaProtests #Palestine #Israel #OxfordUniversity #UK
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00:00 I had ancestors that were murdered by the Nazis in the 1940s.
00:04 It's personally heartbreaking to have a nation carry out something similar
00:09 to a tragedy of that scale in my name, in my people's name.
00:12 The way that our university has been complicit in Israel's genocide of the Palestinians.
00:17 In particular, I personally have been really concerned about
00:20 the destruction of every university in Gaza.
00:23 One of our big divestment asks is to stop partnering with Barclays.
00:26 We are also asking for a boycott of Israeli academia that has been complicit within the genocide.
00:31 The reason I'm here today is because I really want to support the students
00:36 in this amazing stand that they're taking.
00:38 And I passionately believe that what they are asking for is really, really important.
00:43 So I've been going to Gaza now since 2016.
00:47 And so I've seen firsthand the effects of the siege has been having on the people of Gaza.
00:55 Never again, no more genocide means never again for all people, not just for Jewish folks.