Students at Johns Hopkins launch protest, demand university divest from Israel

Students at the Johns Hopkins University launched a protest encampment Monday afternoon to pressure the university to divest from Israel.

“We stand in solidarity with students across the country who face escalating police violence and administrative repression for their peaceful protest of the war crimes committed daily by [Israel]. None of us are free until Palestine is free,” the Hopkins Justice Collective, a group of students and university affiliates, said in a news release.

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