Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Virginia Tech

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Updated April 29, 2024 at 6:45 AM

STORY: Crowds jeered as police arrested the students and removed tents in the encampment area set up outside the Graduate Life Center at Virginia Tech’s Graduate School.

The war in Gaza continues to reverberate through U.S. university campuses where students have camped out in tents as they protested Israel's actions in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian groups have called on universities to end investments in companies that support or profit from Israel's military actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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