Tufts University, MIT students told to end protest at encampment ahead of graduation [Video]

SARAH JESSICA TUFTS, IN A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, SAYS IT HAS ALREADY DELAYED SOME OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR COMMENCEMENT, BUT NOW THE ENCAMPMENT MUST COME DOWN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO, UM, TO STAY AND HOLD OUR GROUND. AN ENCAMPMENT SET UP ON THE QUAD AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS HERE TAKING PART TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH STUDENTS IN GAZA. THAT’S THE END GOAL OF THE ENCAMPMENT IS DIVESTMENT. UM, AND FOR OUR UNIVERSITIES TO WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY AND SUPPORT FROM ISRAEL AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A GENOCIDE GOING ON. IT’S ONE OF SEVERAL ENCAMPMENTS TO SET UP ON CAMPUSES IN THE BOSTON AREA. LAST WEEK, EMERSON STUDENTS PROTEST IN A PUBLIC ALLEY DISMANTLED BY POLICE FOR SAFETY REASONS. SOME STUDENTS REFUSING TO LEAVE WERE ARRESTED. AND SATURDAY, THE ENCAMPMENT AT NORTHEAST ALSO BROKEN UP BY POLICE AFTER THE SCHOOL SAYS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS INFILTRATED …