How D.C.-area college students launched their own Gaza protest encampment

With that, the encampment began. For more than 24 hours, students and activists refused to leave the lawn of George Washington University’s downtown campus — calling for schools to cut ties with Israel and to protect the free speech of pro-Palestinian student organizers. Some advocated the end of the state of Israel. Students held up bullhorns and chanted slogans like: “Free, free Palestine!” and “Resistance is justified! When Palestine is occupied!” The protest, which included about 30 tents and hundreds of people at its peak, dwindled only when D.C. police...