Tufts University Urges Students to End Pro-Palestinian Encampment so Semester Can Start

A ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ protest began on April 7 in the academic quad of Tufts University and has occupied the area since.

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters face off in front of the entrance of Columbia University in New York City, on April 22, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

A Massachusetts university is urging its students to end a pro-Palestinian encampment protest “peacefully and voluntarily” so the school can prepare for the start of the upcoming semester.

Tufts University students erected a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” protest on April 7 in the academic quad and have occupied the area since. Protesters are demanding that the school end its association with any business that has ties to Israel and issue a statement condemning the war in Gaza.