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WASHINGTON, US - APRIL 25, 2024: Students at George Washington University in Washington, US staged an encampment protest on school campus on Thursday (April 25).Calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, demonstrators demand their university to display a stance against Israeli attacks.The demonstrations are part of nationwide campus protests in solidarity with Palestine which demand the educational institutions divest from companies that are doing business with Israel.Student-led protests demanding universities condemn Israel's war on Gaza and divest from Israeli firms continued to spread on Wednesday, with new encampments being erected in the face of law enforcement crackdowns.Last week’s decision by Columbia University to ask the New York Police Department to arrest dozens of protesters has largely served as a flashpoint for the wider protest movement.Protests have been reported at a wide array of campuses including California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt; Yale University; the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Swarthmore College and the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania; the University of Rochester in New York; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and Emerson College in Massachusetts, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.(Footage by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)