A protest at the University of Newcastle on Wednesday (Newcastle Apartheid off Campus / X)Pro-Palestinian activists at British universities have begun establishing Gaza ‘solidarity encampments’ following similar demonstrations in the US in recent days. Among universities where protest encampments were due to take place on Wednesday included Bristol, Newcastle and Sheffield. It comes amid high-profile clashes between police and pro-Palestine activists at several leading universities in the US, including at Columbia and UCLA. A spokesperson for sector body Universities UK said: “Universities are monitoring the latest news on campus protests in the US and Canada. In the United States, similar campus protests have sometimes descended into anarchic scenes.
