Photo: Courtesy of a Harvard University student
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Harvard University students have joined in the nationwide protests against the war in Gaza and the U.S.'s involvement with Israel's military campaign, setting up encampments in Harvard Yard on Wednesday.
Other Boston-area colleges, like Tufts University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Emerson College, have already seen students setting up encampments.
Protesters are calling on school officials to support a ceasefire in Gaza, and they're voicing their dissent against the institutions' financial ties to Israel.
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Pro-Palestine students at Harvard protested and set up an encampment on Wednesday in Harvard Yard, which has been closed to the public since Sunday, reported The Harvard Crimson.
Only Harvard ID holders may enter and exit the Yard, reads a sign posted to the gate enclosing the space.
WBZ NewsRadio received photos from a Harvard student who was inside the Yard.
Photo: Courtesy of a Harvard University student
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The protests in the Greater Boston area and beyond were inspired by the Columbia University students who have been camping on the school's main lawn in New York City in protest of the war in Gaza.
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