Protesters at McGill encampment demand university divest from Israel
Global News
Joining their U.S. campus counterparts, the McGill students say they want the institution to cut millions in financial ties with Israel in light of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
About a hundred people have set up an encampment on McGill campus this weekend demanding the university divest from Israel-connected funds. They say there is no end to their demonstration in sight.
Joining their U.S. campus counterparts, the students say they want the institution to cut millions in financial ties with Israel in light of the ongoing conflict in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war.
A woman who spoke to Global News on-site claimed to be the encampment’s spokesperson but refused to give her name said the demonstration is calling for the university to divest from all holdings that finance the Israeli military and are “complicit in the violence.”
“This involves weapons manufacturers and some real estate agencies as well,” she said. She added the student groups are equally calling for an academic boycott with Israeli institutions.
Documents on McGill’s website show the institution holds investments in companies including Lockheed Martin, a defence contractor that has sold fighter jets to Israel.
Demonstrators present on Sunday told Global News they are committed to staying until the university commits to their demands. The encampment was set up on Saturday, with around 20 tents and multiple fences in place creating a barricade. Dozens of signs were present that read, “You are funding genocide,” “Free Gaza now” and saying the protest stood in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and people in Gaza.
This comes as a wave of similar protests have taken place across U.S. university campuses in the past week, inspired by the demonstration at Columbia University in New York.
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