UC Berkeley students set up ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ on campus [Video]

Like other college campuses across the country, students at the University of California, Berkeley joined the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” protest, calling for the university system to stop investing money in companies that provide military aid to Israel.

Demonstrations against the war in Gaza have long been the center of protests on UC Berkeley’s campus. This latest event is an extension of a previous rally on campus.

“As a Palestinian, as a human being, I feel like standing in the face of one of the most well-documented genocides with one of the most well-documented mass killings of people because of their identity, it’s essential that we stand up,” said Zaid Yousef, a law student at UC Berkeley.

Students pitched tents on the steps of Sproul Hall. As of Monday morning, they didn’t yell chants, they didn’t make any noise, nor did they create conflict; they just flew flags and hung banners.

Dan Mogulof, assistant vice chancellor of public affairs at …