On a recent Wednesday around midday, a substantial crowd of students convened outside University Hall at Harvard, voicing their discontent regarding the university's recent decision to suspend the main pro-Palestinian student organization on campus, the Palestine Solidarity Committee. The students engaged in peaceful protest actions, including chants, marching, and rallying, and were seen carrying Palestinian flags and placards. The protest took place in Harvard Yard, an area that had been restricted by the university to students, faculty, and staff only this week. Access to the yard was strictly controlled, with only a few designated entrances and exits.

Almost an hour into the protest, some members of the crowd began to set up orange-colored tents within the precincts of the yard, typically a bustling area frequented by students, staff, alumni, visitors, and tourists alike. This progressive act of protest mirrored similar actions undertaken by student bodies in support of the Palestinian cause at other institutions like Emerson College, Tufts University, and MIT, which had also seen the construction of these camp-like structures persisting through Wednesday.

The movement, which the organizers addressed as a 'liberated zone', was primarily put together by an activist student organization known as the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine Coalition. They expressed their purpose and mission through a publicly read out statement at the protest site, stating that they intended to put an end to Harvard's alleged indirect participation in what they term as a 'genocide of Palestinian people', through moral and financial support.

In a statement posted on their Instagram and read out during the rally, the Coalition shared their demands. These included suppositions that Harvard disclose any existing financial ties to Israel and consequently divest from them, mirroring similar demands posed by protest organizers at MIT, Tufts, and Emerson College. They also implored the university to dismiss any disciplinary actions taken against students participating in such campus protests.

On a recent Wednesday around midday, a substantial crowd of students convened outside University Hall at Harvard, voicing their discontent regarding the university's recent decision to suspend the main pro-Palestinian student organization on campus, the Palestine Solidarity Committee. The students engaged in peaceful protest actions, including chants, marching, and rallying, and were seen carrying Palestinian flags and placards. The protest took place in Harvard Yard, an area that had been restricted by the university to students, faculty, and staff only this week. Access to the yard was strictly controlled, with only a few designated entrances and exits.
Almost an hour into the protest, some members of the crowd began to set up orange-colored tents within the precincts of the yard, typically a bustling area frequented by students, staff, alumni, visitors, and tourists alike. This progressive act of protest mirrored similar actions undertaken by student bodies in support of the Palestinian cause at other institutions like Emerson College, Tufts University, and MIT, which had also seen the construction of these camp-like structures persisting through Wednesday.
The movement, which the organizers addressed as a 'liberated zone', was primarily put together by an activist student organization known as the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine Coalition. They expressed their purpose and mission through a publicly read out statement at the protest site, stating that they intended to put an end to Harvard's alleged indirect participation in what they term as a 'genocide of Palestinian people', through moral and financial support.
In a statement posted on their Instagram and read out during the rally, the Coalition shared their demands. These included suppositions that Harvard disclose any existing financial ties to Israel and consequently divest from them, mirroring similar demands posed by protest organizers at MIT, Tufts, and Emerson College. They also implored the university to dismiss any disciplinary actions taken against students participating in such campus protests.

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