Hundreds of student protesters have gathered at the Yale’s Beinecke Plaza in protest against an upcoming talk by the far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at Shabtai, a Jewish society that is based near the university, Al Jazeera reports.
About 200 students attended the protest and set up eight tents at the plaza, it said, citing the Yale Daily News.
Videos on social media showed hundreds of students chanting, “We will not stop, we will not rest. Disclose, divest,” as they called on the university to oppose the siege in Gaza.
The crowds dispersed late on Tuesday evening with organisers promising to stage another protest later today.
Ben-Gvir, who advocates the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, is scheduled to speak at Shabtai tonight. His visit to New Haven, where Yale is located, is his first trip to the US since he became Israel’s national security minister.
