The pro-Palestinian camp at Harvard announced Tuesday that it would end after reaching an agreement with the country’s oldest university.
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) said in a post on X that the school has agreed to reinstate students who were suspended and has offered meetings with the Harvard Administration about potential divestment from Israel. The school will also have talks about creating a Center for Palestine Studies.
“We have no illusions: we do not believe that these meetings are victories for divestment. These side agreements are intended to move us away from full disclosure and divestment. Rest assured, they won’t,” said HOOP.
During the three-week camp, Harvard closed its doors to the public, suspended 20 students and had more than 60 individuals referred for disciplinary charges, according to the group.
“At Harvard, our schools are responsible for our involuntary leaves and disciplinary processes. With the disruption to the educational environment caused by the camp now abated, I will ask that the Schools immediately begin applicable reinstatement procedures for all individuals who were placed on involuntary leaves of absence,” said Interim President Alan Garber.
“I will also ask the disciplinary councils of each School to promptly evaluate, in accordance with their existing practices and precedents, the cases of those who participated in the camp,” he added.
Several US colleges have decided to end weeks of protests on their campuses as graduation season approaches. Harvard is one of the few institutions that has reached agreements with its protesters, a list that also includes Northwestern University and Brown University.
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