At Sciences Po Paris, an American-style sit-in organized by students for Palestine

Paris – “ Sciences Po complicit, Israel assassin! » A slogan chanted by a crowd of students, stamping their feet in the large entrance hall of Sciences Po. This Thursday, April 25, many of them gathered on the historic campus of the prestigious university to challenge their administration about Palestine, as you can see in our report above.

The day before, around a hundred of them had already gathered in an interior courtyard on campus. Just like the pro-Palestine American students mobilizing at Columbia University, they had pitched around ten tents there before being dislodged by the police in the evening. An event ” traumatic » for the students, some of whom were dragged to the ground, but which did not prevent them from coming back with a vengeance this Thursday noon.

“ We will only stop when the law is respected in Palestine », says Hicham into his megaphone. To the applause of his classmates, the master’s student in human law lists several demands. Among them, one investigation of academic and economic partnerships supporting the ongoing genocide in Gaza “, as well as the immediate cessation of disciplinary proceedings against students mobilized for Palestinian rights.

Under the eyes of security guards, the assembled students as well as members of the faculty present to support them then sat in the middle of the entrance, Palestinian flags and keffiyeh in hand. “ Today we are going back, and we are not leaving until our requests are listened to », concluded Hicham with the HuffPost.

The school gates closed around 9 p.m. As observed by AFP, 80 students were in the street, encouraging and bringing pillows and food to their comrades who remained inside the premises after the vote for a new occupation decided at a general assembly. Between 50 and 70 students are said to have spent the night in the establishment.

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