Anti-Israel demonstrators at a Princeton University encampment said the encampment would be open for the final day Wednesday.
in letter In a Google document, the Princeton Israel Apartheid Divest (PIAD) group announced that three weeks after setting up an encampment on campus, the last day of the encampment was May 15, and that their “divestment” and the fight for the liberation of Palestine continues. Undaunted. ”
“Three weeks after its establishment, the Princeton-Gaza Solidarity Encampment will open for the final time on May 15, 2024. It has been 222 days since Israel escalated its massacres in Gaza and one week since the Rafah invasion. “Our fight for divestment and the liberation of Palestine continues unabated,” the letter from PIAD said.
The letter was issued after Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber sent an email to students on Monday. Inform According to , protesters must vacate the encampment. Daily Princetonian.
“After refusing to meaningfully engage with us, President Eisgruber and the university authorities escalated their threats and pressured us to close the camp yesterday, the day before Nakba Day,” PIAD wrote in the letter. Ta. “Today, we commemorate the 76 years of the Nakba and take the opportunity to celebrate the political and cultural resistance of the Palestinian people, including our small role in it.”
Palestinians celebrate Nakba Day on May 15, the day of the “catastrophe” when approximately 700,000 Palestinians fled after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
Palestinians consider this day a catastrophe, caused a rebellion He opposed Britain and supported the Nazis. On the eve of May 14th, the Palestinians attack Attacks against Israel were followed by attacks from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt, resulting in beginning Arab-Israeli war.
