London's Queen Mary university takes students to court to disperse Gaza encampment

A university in London has taken its students to court to forcibly remove them from an encampment they launched to protest Israel's mass killings of Palestiniansin Gaza. 

Queen Mary University in East London presented its case to the High Court on Friday morning after handing its students a possession order on Thursday evening. 

Students launched the encampment last month in response to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and opposition to the university’s ongoing partnerships with the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.

Court documents shown to Middle East Eye showed the university had used pictures of Muslim students praying Friday prayers and whiteboards advertising Yoga sessions on the front lawn as examples of “unauthorised events” that justify removing the encampment. 

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