A University of Manitoba student group plans to set up an encampment to advocate “for justice in Palestine” next week.
The Students for Justice in Palestine say in social media posts the three-day event, beginning Tuesday, will be in the quad at the U of M’s Fort Garry campus and is for students only.
The group has made several demands to the university, including: implementing safety measures for Palestine students; calling for a boycott of Israeli institutions that are “complicit in violations of human rights;” and ending student-exchange programs with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Pro-Palestinian protests have popped up at several Canadian campuses in recent days, including at the University of Toronto, McGill University, the University of Ottawa and the University of British Columbia.
The war in Gaza began after Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel in October, killing some 1,200 people. The Israeli offensive has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, local health officials say.
— Free Press Staff