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After the more than 100-day stalemate, pro-Palestine student protesters at Stanford University say they will stop camping out overnight at White Plaza by Friday night in response to a university letter promising two meetings this week.
Since Oct. 20, students have been protesting the war in Gaza and Israel’s actions against Palestinians, saying that they would not end their “Sit In to Stop Genocide” until the university supports a cease-fire in Gaza and commits to a broader movement that calls for the boycott, disinvestment and sanction of Israel, among other things.
Things came to a head after the university threatened to enforce its ban on overnight camping last week. On Feb. 8, via a hand-delivered letter, Stanford University gave student protesters 12 hours of notice to pack up their belongings and end the longest continuous sit-in protest in the university’s history.
But it wasn’t until later this week that administrators and protesters came to an agreement: On Feb. 13, students representing the “Sit In to Stop Genocide” agreed to end overnight camping at White Plaza by nighttime on Friday, Feb. 16.
According to a statement posted by Stanford University, the university said it would not initiate law enforcement action or disciplinary procedures until after that time and agreed to two meetings with students representing the groups to hear their demands.
Both meetings were scheduled to occur before the Friday deadline, and students are expected to comply with the ban on overnight camping, irrespective of the meetings’ outcomes, according to a letter that the sit-in representatives received on Feb. 12 and was posted on their Instagram account.
“After 117 days of continuous protest, threats of disciplinary action and arrest, Stanford University students have leveraged their way to negotiations with administration on the Sit-In to Stop Genocide demands, including divestment,” the group wrote on its Instagram post.
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