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Around 200 pro-Palestine protesters at Yale University disbanded their encampment on Tuesday evening for fears of "retribution."
The protesters had gathered on Beinecke Plaza to protest an upcoming talk by Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir set be held near Yale's campus, according to Yale News.
Newsweek has contacted Yale University for comment outside of regular working hours.
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Why It Matters
Throughout the Israel-Hamas war, there have been numerous demonstrations across the U.S., with many pro-Palestine protests taking place on university campuses.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for a crackdown on what he calls "illegal protests," and has threatened to cut funding for institutions that allow them to take place.
What To Know
The crowd started forming on Yale's campus at around 8.00 p.m. on Tuesday, and within an hour-and-a-half they had erected a number of tents.
But just before 11.30 p.m., organizers announced that everyone should disperse over threats of "retribution" and encouraged students to rally again on Wednesday.
Pilar Montalvo, the Assistant Vice President for University Life, also handed out cards with QR codes linking to Yale's expression policies and a note that said: "Please stop your current action immediately. If you do not, you may risk university disciplinary action and/or arrest."
Students at Yale are required to get written permission to place items such as tents on campus spaces. Social functions on campus are also supposed to end by 11.00 p.m. between Sunday and Thursday.
When protesters dispersed, they left their tents up for Yale public safety officials to dissemble.
What People Are Saying
A spokesperson for the university told Yale News: "The group's activities violated Yale's time, place, and manner policies. University officials clearly articulated Yale's policies and the consequences of violating them."
Shmully Hecht, the rabbinical advisor of Shabtai, the Jewish society at Yale University, defended Ben-Gvir's invitation, telling Yale News: "At a personal level I believe it is specifically unapologetic events such at this one that has preserved Yale as a more moderate safe haven for Jews in the current toxic Ivy community of extremism."
President Trump wrote on Truth Social on March 4: "All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!"
What Happens Next
Protesters were encouraged to reconvene on Wednesday. It remains to be seen if that will happen.
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