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Pro-Palestine Protesters Renew Chants At MIT Encampment

Protest encampment in support of Palestinians at MIT in Cambridge

An encampment for anti-Israel protesters at MIT that was relatively quiet Thursday evening has regained pro-Palestine chants early Friday morning. A reporter in Boston tweeted that people outside of the MIT encampment are continuing to protest while it appears people inside are being arrested.

This development follows a rather docile night that followed pro-Palestinian protesters at the school clashing with police on Thursday afternoon. The protesters had blocked a parking garage, causing disruption to the faculty's movements.

Protesters clashed with police, disrupting faculty movements.
Anti-Israel encampment at MIT regains pro-Palestine chants.
MIT student cites importance of parking lot to school operations.

According to reports, an MIT student stated, 'We came to this location because we know this parking lot is important for MIT’s everyday operations, and they have chosen to ignore our demands for months.'

As tensions escalated, some protesters were taken into custody. Their primary demand is for MIT to cease funding research for the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

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