UCF students launch protest encampment demanding divestment from Israel

The Orlando university has responded with campus police circling the tents on golf carts, reminding students of the rules for on-campus protests.

By McKenna Schueler

Students at the University of Central Florida in Orlando set up an encampment early Monday in solidarity with a global student-led movement in protest of Israeli violence against Palestinians and in support of their university's divestment from Israel. University students say they're calling on their institutions to divest from defense companies and weapons manufacturers that they say are driving violence against Palestinians in Israel-occupied Gaza overseas...

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