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Swarthmore Students Set Up Encampment to Demand Divestment from Israel

HeadlineMay 01, 2025

In Pennsylvania, students at Swarthmore College set up a new protest encampment, naming the site the “Hossam Shabat Liberated Zone,” in honor of the 23-year-old Palestinian journalist killed by Israel in Gaza in March. Students are demanding Swarthmore “divest from Israeli occupation, aggression, and apartheid, and declare itself a sanctuary campus.”

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