On Tuesday, Harvard University announced it had come to an agreement with student protestors to end their near-three-week encampment.
According to The Daily Beast, Harvard agreed to reinstate students suspended during the demonstration, and university officials have agreed to discuss student questions about a potential divestment from Israel amid its ongoing war against Hamas.
A Harvard spokesperson said those talks will be attended by interim president, Alan Garber, and Hopi Hoekstra, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences.
The Daily Beast continues:
The coalition who ran the encampment, Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP), said in a statement that it had “democratically voted to end its encampment after 20 days.” As part of the deal, HOOP said Harvard will consider the establishment of a “Center for Palestine Studies” at the university.
HOOP said previously that more than 20 students were suspended during the demonstration, and another 60 were referred for additional disciplinary charges. It announced the demonstration's end on Instagram, indicating in a statement that it only did so after the university agreed to make some concessions—but not enough to fully satisfy the organization.
“We are under no illusions,” HOOP wrote in a statement. “We do not believe these meetings are divestment wins. These side-deals are intended to pacify us away from full disclosure and divestment. Rest assured, they will not.”
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