McGill University encampment: students ‘vow to stand their ground’ [Video]

Hundreds of students are still camping out on McGill’s University’s campus this weekend in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

The demonstrators are demanding the university divest from Israel-connected funds.

The lower field of McGill’s campus, now named the “liberated zone” by demonstrators, is part of a growing movement.

“We’re not leaving. Students aren’t leaving. They’re going to hold the fort down. They’re going to stand their ground,” said Maria, an organizer with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill.

They want the Israeli occupation in Palestinian land to end and in order to see that happen they say McGill needs to meet their demands.

“We want them to call for it, like to commit to the calls for divestment,” said Maria, who didn’t want to provide her full name out of fear of reprisals.

More than 30 tents have been set up at the lower field on the McGill University …