Harvard Brokers Deal With Protesters, Ending Pro-Palestinian Encampment on Campus

Protesters agreed to dismantle their tents in exchange for the reinstatement of comrades who have been suspended.

Tents and signs fill Harvard Yard by the John Harvard statue in the Pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 5, 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Pro-Palestinian protesters at Harvard University said Tuesday they have ended their campus occupations in exchange for the reinstatement of their comrades who have been suspended.

“Yesterday, the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) coalition democratically voted to end its encampment after 20 days,” the group, which is not an officially recognized student organization, wrote in a statement on Instagram.