{"id":36986,"date":"2024-10-14T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=36986"},"modified":"2024-10-14T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:57:44","slug":"after-a-year-of-war-hundreds-demonstrate-on-sproul-for-gaza-and-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/after-a-year-of-war-hundreds-demonstrate-on-sproul-for-gaza-and-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"After a year of war, hundreds demonstrate on Sproul for Gaza and Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Alden%20Waldeck\">Alden Waldeck<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Melody%20Seraydarian\">Melody Seraydarian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oct 8, 2024 (DailyCal.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/dailycal.org\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/3\/e0\/3e05d798-85da-11ef-a552-bfdc0a0f4d75\/6705d64a2a793.image.jpg?resize=400%2C258\" alt=\"sjp_maxine eschger_ss.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hundreds joined a walkout on Sproul Plaza this afternoon in support of Gaza and Lebanon.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Maxine%20Eschger\">Maxine Eschger | Senior Staff<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of students, faculty and community members took part in a walkout on Sproul Plaza this afternoon to support Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration was part of nationwide protests a year after the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, and Israel\u2019s subsequent war on Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the walkout, which was organized by several pro-Palestine campus organizations, speakers called for a ceasefire and divestment from Israel. Pro-Israel counter-protestors briefly attempted to interrupt the walkout about 30 minutes after it began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Israel launches probe into Hezbollah drone attack that killed 4 Israeli soldiers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>close<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walkout follows last spring\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/24-hours-at-the-free-palestine-encampment\/article_c241907a-0343-11ef-a5a1-8f83cbfb2b18.html\">Free Palestine Encampment<\/a>, which lasted for almost a month until former Chancellor Carol Christ&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/student-life\/free-palestine-encampment-reaches-agreements-with-campus-disbands-from-mario-savio-steps\/article_7b801406-126e-11ef-b73e-a723ed2170bd.html\">promised<\/a>&nbsp;to review campus\u2019s investments, among other agreements, in exchange for disbandment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/f9c037b4d3cb8d7397d4ab0ce7701122.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html\">https:\/\/f9c037b4d3cb8d7397d4ab0ce7701122.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the agreement, Yousuf Abubakr, organizer with Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, one of the groups that organized the walkout, alleged that \u201cbarely any advances\u201d were made by campus, which has left the organization feeling \u201cbetrayed by the university.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not here to combat or instigate fights with Zionists. We\u2019re here to address the university officials who are the real people who have power to acknowledge the genocide and to make a significant change,\u201d Abubakr said at the protest. \u201cWe\u2019re here to tell the university we&#8217;re not going to go away.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest was organized by a variety of student groups in addition to SJP, including Bears For Palestine, Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Faculty &amp; Staff for Justice in Palestine, Palestinian Public Health, Muslim Students Association and Jewish Voices for Peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other organizations were present at the walkout.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Revolutionary Student Organization, or RSO, held a large banner stating \u201cLong live the Al-Aqsa Flood,\u201d in reference to Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharon Knafelman, a pro-Israel counter-protestor and executive boardmember of Students Supporting Israel, said that the \u201cnormalization\u201d of statements, such as the RSO\u2019s banner, \u201cdirectly leads to Jewish students feeling unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knafelman and approximately 10 counter-protestors donning the Israeli flag arrived at 1:55 p.m.They stood behind speakers at the top of Mario Savio Steps and chanted \u201cbring them home.\u201d While several pro-Israel protestors remained for the duration of the walkout, both groups remained relatively peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd thinned out around 3:30 p.m., with the walkout fully dispersing at 5 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest is part of a week of planned action in response to Israel\u2019s war, including speakers, a Palestinian film series and a vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe goal of SJP is to \u2026 fundamentally change the vocabulary of all the students, the faculty on this campus to make sure that Palestine is integrated into our everyday thoughts, our everyday language,\u201d Abubakr said at the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Aarya Mukherjee contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of students, faculty and community members took part in a walkout on Sproul Plaza this afternoon to support Gaza and Lebanon. 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