Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Build New Encampment at Yale

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29 April 2024 at 5:00 am

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators built a new Gaza encampment at Yale University on Sunday, April 28.

Footage by Thomas Birmingham shows students setting up tents as others create a human chain around the encampment.

According to Yale Daily News, about 40 tents were set on the university’s Cross Campus. Last week, dozens of students were arrested during a similar demonstration at Beinecke Plaza. Credit: Thomas Birmingham via Storyful

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