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FEATURING JACOB AND RITHIK - A nationwide uprising led by college students has sprung up to demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, it’s on-going occupation, and U.S. arms sales to Israel, as well as for universities to divest from Israel. 

Students have set up encampments, reminiscent of Occupy Wall Street and other movements for social justice and have been met by violent police repression. 

Epicenters include Columbia University in New York, University of Southern California, and the University of Texas at Austin. But the list of campus encampments has continued to grow and students remain undeterred by arrests, suspensions, threats of censure and accusations of antisemitism. In fact, many of the protests are dominated by Jewish students. 

San Francisco State University students on Monday set up their encampment, and two student organizers give us an inside view of the protest actions.

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