CWRU sit in

 

Hind's Oval is the temporarily renamed library oval. 

 "Hind Rajab was a six-year-old Palestinian girl from the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City who was killed by the Israeli military, after being the sole survivor of Israeli tank fire on the vehicle in which she had fled with six relatives." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab 

She survived, initially, with a 15 year old cousin, Layan Hamadeh, who called Red Crescent for help. Cousin was shot dead. Hind then spoke on the telephone to the Red Crescent. An ambulance came, and the two paramedics killed. Twelve days later, after the Israelis left, all the bodies were found. The Israeli military denied involvement.

Monday, 29th of April, a peaceful protest began at Case Western Reserve. Previously, student government called for the university to divest from companies involved with the Israeli regime. Usually student government is a charade for a school to play democracy a voice, or it is a tool of the school. Rarely does student government exercise important free speech on pertinent political issues. And when it does, administration is neither pleased or amused. In the grass oval, in front of a library, students gathered to call for a cease fire in Gaza of Palestine.

Police do one thing while professing something. Police are not there to protect free speech, and to protect political rights. Police are there to keep the establishment happy. Police take sides, besides the powers that be, they warm to "far right" opinion. So, Monday students repeatedly were squashed in trying to erect shelter for a sit in. A coalition of police (campus, University Circle, Cleveland) arrested some two dozen people (mostly students). The detained were allowed to go, and a sit in was established for the night.

Thursday afternoon/night, school President Eric Kaler“no longer approved”. Any such demonstrators/protestors were now trespassers. There has been some violent police, and counter protestors around the country, including at Ohio's largest school. Sunday morning as we walked our hound, it was very quiet, and sparsely attended. One student wearing a keffiyeh asked me to blur faces in fotos, so students would not be "doxxed". We talked to a couple others. One girl just completed a new sign. One boy was pleased to see a greyhound. His parents had one named Hi-octane. As we were leaving a few people began eating.

Nearby, outside the area on a free speech/announcement boards, dated March 5th.

The new sign referencing a recent Dune movie.

at an entrance

facing Euclid Avenue

Did not know there were cat activists. 

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Postscriptum 9 May 2024: After eleven days, encampment ended. University never engaging in dialogue. University had painter spray paint students as campus cops watched on the 7th before dawn. A "Spirit Wall" had artwork hat administration objected to. It was pro-Palestinian, i have found no image. Later in the day, anti-Palestinian message appeared.