Students for Justice in Palestine held a rally with about two hours notice Monday afternoon at the Atrium in the College Avenue Student Center at Rutgers New Brunswick campus.
In an email sent Tuesday afternoon, the school told protesters that its has tried “in good faith” to meet their demands. However, they must decamp as the school prepares for "academic-year end events."
Princeton University has “backpedaled” on its initial discussions and instead pointed to existing institutional processes the representatives “disregards the urgency of the genocide in Gaza," according to the protesters.
The start of final exams at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus were postponed Thursday morning because of a rally intended to cancel all the finals.
Students for Justice in Palestine & The Endowment Justice Collective set up camp at Rutgers University and vowed not to leave until their demands for Rutgers to divest its interests in Israel are met.
Art pieces were destroyed, a Palestinian flag was ripped off its pole, windows were shattered, TVs were vandalized, and printers were broken in the attack on the early hours of April 10, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr.