Tufts University pro-Palestine encampment expands as university says protest must end [Video]

As some pro-Palestinian protest encampments are cleared or taken down on college campuses across the country, protesters at Tufts University said they’re not backing down.Tufts said pro-Palestine protesters are escalating the conflict by bringing in outsiders and expanding the encampment, which is set up on the quad. The university said protesters “have harassed and intimidated staff as they try to clean areas that were vandalized.” Most Tufts students WCVB spoke with on Wednesday said the protests are not affecting their studies. But some, especially Jewish students, said they feel uncomfortable.”The people who are in the encampment haven’t done anything towards me when they are in the encampment. But before. So I have been at a senate meeting earlier this semester and I was called a stinky Jew,” said student Ilana Smaletz. “I do think there’s a distinction between advocating for the freedom of Palestine versus the oppression of anyone else. …