Harvard enters agreement with protesters, ending encampment
By
Breccan F. Thies
May 14, 2024 2:36 pm
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Harvard University came to an agreement with its encamped pro-Palestinian protesters on Tuesday, negotiating the end to the encampment with some concessions to the agitators.
The end to the encampment came as organizers of Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine successfully negotiated the reinstatement of at least 22 students from involuntary leave for their participation. The group also secured a meeting with university governance to discuss financial disclosure and divestment from Israel-related entities.
“Yesterday, the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) coalition democratically voted to end its encampment after 20 days,” the group, which is not recognized as an organization by Harvard, wrote in a Tuesday morning statement.
“We are under no illusions: we do not not believe these meetings are divestment wins,” HOOP added. “These side-deals are intended to pacify us away from full disclosure & divestment. Rest assured, they will not.”
Harvard is one of a handful of schools across the country that has been able to end the protests without the use of police force, and it is one of even fewer that was able to do so without making heavy capitulations to the protesters’ demands. Other schools that negotiated ends to their encampments included Brown University and Northwestern University, as well as the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, which agreed to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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