UC Berkeley Students Hold Gaza Protest

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23 April 2024 at 6:19 am

Echoing similar protests at elite US educational institutions, students at UC Berkeley in California gathered on April 22 to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and to call on the university to end connections with companies linked to Israel.

The UC Berkeley Divestment Coalition said it was joining students across the US in “demanding that their universities divest billions of dollars from weapons manufacturers profiting from the Palestinian genocide in Gaza.”

Protesting students were seen pitching tents and holding signs saying that they would hold an “encampment” on campus until the university divested from Israel-linked companies.

A spokesperson for UC Berkeley told local news that the university had no plans to change its investment policies and practices.

This footage by the Party for Socialism and Liberation shows students chanting while carrying signs and Palestinian flags. Credit: Party for Socialism and Liberation via Storyful

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- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

- Gaza, Gaza, don't you cry.

- Palestine will never die.

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