Over 100 people have gathered outside Trinity College Dublin in support of students camping outside the Book of Kells.
Led by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, protestors gathered at the Spire from 12.30pm before marching to the front gate of Trinity at College Green.One protestor said Israeli universities have “stood alongside the Israeli military and its genocide of the Palestinian people” and Irish universities must condemn them.
“This is a wakeup call to student unions – all of the student unions have to come out in a massive protest against this. Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union President László Molnárfi, who is taking part in the encampment, came to College Green to thank protestors for their support. “We have seen university students and staff united all across the world... in every single continent.
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