UWM protester: ‘We’re asking for the school not to be complicit’ [Video]

Support for Palestine continues from protesters at UW-Milwaukee.Signs surround an encampment near Downer and Kenwood as people bundle up outside or in tents near Mitchell Hall. On day two of this protest, this continues to call for an end to the violence in the Middle East. They also want the university to call for an end to genocide in Gaza and publicize their investments. “At the heart of it all is for Gaza,” said a student protester who only wanted to be identified as Jamilah.”There’s a genocide going on and that’s why you’re seeing all these student movements across the United States,” added Zaid Dahio, who is representing the UWM Muslim Student Association. “I feel like there’s a lot of brainwashing in the media. A lot of false accusations, false things.”The war in the Middle East ignited after an attack by Hamas on Israel in October 2023. The death toll …