More than 64 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at the University of Massachusetts Amherst beginning late Tuesday night after students there set up an encampment to call for the university to cut ties with Israel and the defense contractor Raytheon, according to the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, the school’s student-run newspaper.
The arrests began around 7:45 p.m., the paper reported, roughly six hours after the encampment was established on the university’s Student Union South lawn. Tuesday marked the second time students had created an encampment on campus, though protesters quickly took down the first encampment after the university warned students were trespassing.
A university spokesperson could not be reached to confirm the arrests Wednesday morning.
