Student protest today: Chicago-area organizers push back against accusations of antisemitism at Northwestern; Biden speaks out [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — As campus protests continue across the country and in Chicago, some student leaders are pushing back against accusations of antisemitism.

It was a quiet day Thursday on the University of Chicago campus, as the pro-Palestinian encampment on the quad continues.

But arrests at campus protests around the country have President Joe Biden weighing in.

As tent encampments at universities across the country continue, local pro-Palestinian student protesters are pushing back against accusations of antisemitism.

“This encampment is the time at Northwestern where I have felt most connected to and supported in my faith at Northwestern because it has given me the space to be both Jewish and anti-Zionist,” said Paz, a Northwestern pro-Palestinian encampment organizer.

Only going by their first names, Paz, a Jewish Northwestern student, and Lucas, a Palestinian and Jewish Northwestern student, said they are some of those who organized the tent encampment at Northwestern University’s Deering Meadow.

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