Protesters at Western University set up encampment calling for school to look at where money goes [Video]

Protesters on Western University’s campus in London, Ont., erected tents and unfurled banners on Wednesday, among similar protests at post-secondary institutions that are calling on schools to divest from companies with business interests in Israel.

The pro-Palestinian encampment was set up around noon ET with about 100 people involved within several hours. Organizers said they planned to stay on the lawn in front of the University Community Centre, a main building on campus, until midnight.

“We have a moral responsibility to do everything that we can to put an end to this genocide and put an end to this bloodshed,” Salma Tobah, a Western student, said, referring to the Israel-Hamas war.

The protests are a direct response to the Israel-Hamas warand the mounting deaths in Gaza. A total of 253 hostages were seized in a Hamas-led attack on southern …