Students At Copenhagen University In Denmark Initiate Gaza Solidarity Encampment
On Monday, students at Copenhagen University started their own encampment in solidarity with Gaza.
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00:00 [chanting]
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01:18 Number one, we encamp this ground to show our solidarity with the people of Palestine
01:24 and to protest our university's involvement in the ongoing Palestinian genocide carried out by the State of Israel.
01:31 We're here because we believe in the Palestinian people's right to self-determination,
01:36 their right to a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,
01:40 their right to resist occupation, and the right of refugees to return to their lands,
01:45 as expressed by the United Nations in 1948.
01:48 [applause]
01:56 ...institution to call out the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people
02:01 and the disgusting market practices paying the bill.
02:05 The University of Copenhagen can and should pave a way for all educational institutions
02:11 to ethically consume, invest, and cooperate.
02:15 [applause]
02:23 We have tried petitions. We have tried asking nicely.
02:28 We have done well-behaved, orderly, and peaceful demonstrations.
02:33 [applause]
02:36 We must terminate any and all purchasing agreements with companies that benefit from
02:42 or are complicit in illegal occupation.
02:46 [applause]
02:51 We must end the genocide process by terminating any and all institutional collaboration...