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George Washington University Braces for New Pro-Palestine Protests

Classes are underway again at The George Washington University in the nation’s capital amid renewed anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.

DMV Students for Justice in Palestine, a coalition of anti-Israel, pro-Palestine groups, led a march through GW’s campus Thursday night, demonstrating outside the home of university President Ellen Granberg.

Classes resumed Thursday at GW.

Last spring, GW students joined outside anti-Israel groups to establish an illegal encampment in University Yard from late April to early May. This coalition of pro-Palestine demonstrators demanded that GW divest from all companies doing business with the Jewish state.

At its height, the anti-Israel encampment, or “Liberation Zone,” comprised over 50 tents.

In an online welcome letter to students dated Monday, Granberg and other university administrators touched on the Nov. 5…

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