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Over 85,000 Quebec students strike for Gaza, call for intifada and final solution
"Quebec was flooded with pro-Palestine protests on Thursday as 85,000 students across 13 university campuses went on strike for two days to demand their universities divest in Israel.
"According to one of the organizing groups - Coalition de résistance pour l’unité étudiante syndicale (CRUES) - the strikes were designed to coincide with the opening of the NATO conference in Montreal. CRUES accused Nato of refusing aid to Palestinians, and of approving of "the ongoing genocide."
"The main protest took place in Concordia University in Montreal, but was joined by students from McGill and Dawson college. The latter cancelled all classes on Thursday out of "concerns about the safety of students and employees on the day of the boycott," Canadian news reported.
"Of the 85,000, 11,000 were Concordia students, who were coordinated by 11 student groups and one faculty group, according to the university's The Link newspaper.
"According to CTV News, a protest leader led a chant saying "listen to the ICC," which comes just after the court announced arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
"One student told CTV News that the protest took up all 12 floors of the main Concordia building, and that "Free Gaza" was spray painted on lockers.
"The protesters also distributed flyers, and overturned garbage cans."
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