LOS ANGELES—One day after nearly 100 people were arrested following pro-Palestine protests on the campus of USC, a similar protest began early April 25 on the Westwood campus of UCLA, with participants forming an encampment of tents outside Royce Hall.
Several dozen protesters were sitting and milling around inside the encampment, which was established around 4 a.m., according to reports from the scene. Organizers of the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment,” similar to their counterparts at USC, issued a list of demands that include divestment of all University of California and UCLA Foundation funds from companies tied to Israel, along with a university call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and an academic boycott by UC against Israeli universities, including a suspension of study-abroad programs.
