Cambridge University to negotiate Israel divestment with student protesters

Negotiations between England's University of Cambridge and the organisers of the Cambridge student encampment for Gaza are set to begin this coming week, according to Cambridge for Palestine, the main student organising group.

The encampment began on 6 May when around 100 students gathered on the lawn outside King's College, one of Cambridge's constituent colleges. They erected tents and demanded the university commit to divesting from companies involved in Israel's war on Gaza. 

Cambridge for Palestine told MEE that they are demanding that the university discloses all its relationships with companies and institutions "complicit in the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine".

They said they want the university to end all such relationships, support Palestinian students and academics, and commit to protecting academic freedom. 

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