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57 Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested at UMass Amherst

Fifty-seven pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were arrested by campus police for trespassing during a sit-in protest at the Whitmore Administration Building. During the protests, students demanded Chancellor Javier Reyes condemn the Israel Defense Forces’ attacks on Gaza and cut the university’s ties with defense contractor Raytheon Technology.

Hundreds of students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were heard chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” during the protest.  These same students occupied the university’s admin building long after it closed for the evening, leading to 57 arrests for trespassing.

The chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” is a common call-to-arms for pro-Palestinian activists, particularly among student activists on college campuses. It calls for the establishment of a State of Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, erasing the State of Israel and its people. It is also a rallying cry for terrorist groups and their sympathizers, from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to Hamas, which called for Israel’s destruction in its original governing charter in 1988.

Students rallied in front of the student union at 2 pm before marching to the Whitmore building to meet with administrators to present their demands. They remained inside the building after hours, despite “multiple verbal warnings” that the building was closing at 6 pm, the university said in a statement. UMass Police arrested 56 students and one university employee.

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