Pro-Palestine Encampment Forms on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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29 April 2024 at 11:15 am

Pro-Palestine protesters at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison calling for officials to divest from Israel-supporting corporations staged an encampment on the school’s campus on Monday morning, April 29, footage shows.

According to local reports, at least 200 protesters had set up on the campus’s Library Mall,

Footage taken by Mary Bosch shows the protest on the UW-Madison campus on Monday morning.

A similar event was planned for Monday morning on the UW-Milwaukee campus, according to local media. Credit: Mary Bosch via Storyful

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