Pro-Palestinian protests: Trinity College Dublin to divest from Israeli firms
Image of Trinity College Dublin's outside facade.
As the pro-Palestine protests and encampments led by students continueto stall classes across colleges in the United States and Europe, one college finally agreed to their demand of divesting from Israeli firms.
A five-day encampmentwas ended by the students at Trinity College Dublin after theuniversity agreed to end its ties with Israeli companies.
On Wednesday night (May 8), the student leaders claimed their victory in the protestswhichdisrupted the campus and blockedpeople'saccess to theBook of Kells.
A deal hasbeen reachedbetween the senior management and protesters, said the university, in a statement.
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“Trinity will complete a divestment from investments in Israeli companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and appear on the UNblacklist,”the university said.“Trinity will endeavour to divest from investments in other Israeli companies,"it added.
The statement further clarified that the supplier list of the college contained just one Israeli companywhichwill remain till March 2025 for contractual reasons.
The encampment started on May 3 when pro-Palestinian protesters established dozens of tents inFellows’Square.
Police arrest 33 protesters at DCcampus
Meanwhile, police resorted to pepper spray to cleara pro-Palestiniantent encampmentset up on the campus of George Washington University and arrested dozens of students on Wednesday (May 8) as city officials were about to appear before hostile lawmakers in Congress to give details about how they handled the two-week-old protest.
Thehearing was cancelled by theHouse Committee on Oversight and Accountability as its chairman and other Republicans welcomed the police action.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said,“It should not require threatening to haulDC’smayor before Congress to keep Jewish students at George Washington University safe.”
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Mayor Muriel Bowser said that she and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith have decided to remove the camp because of signs that“the protest was becoming more volatile and less stable.”
These included indications that protesters had“gathered improvised weapons”and were“casing”university buildings and most likely had the intention of occupying them, said the police.
(With inputs from agencies)