McMaster University students set up pro-Palestinian encampment ‘indefinitely’ as campus protests grow [Video]

A group of McMaster University students set up tents and banners on campus Sunday in Hamilton, joining the handful of other pro-Palestinian protests calling for schools to cut ties with Israel as its war in Gaza continues. 

Some 75 demonstrators, including students and some faculty members, set up roughly two dozen tents at the Burke Science Building field. By midday Monday, around 100 people had gathered. 

“We’re proud of what we’re doing and we stand by our demands,” said Caleb Smolenaars, a third-year labour studies student and spokesperson for the group.

“This issue is incredibly important because … there are thousands of people who have been killed and are suffering in Gaza.”

Smolenaars said protesters are prepared to stay in the encampment “indefinitely” and won’t leave until the school meets their demands. They want the …