Weapons Found at DePaul University Anti-Israel Encampment in ‘New Level of Escalation on Campus’

‘This is not just an Israel problem, this is an American problem,’ one observer tells the Sun. ‘If people here are not going to wake up soon, we’re going to lose our higher education system.’

Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
A protester sits on the ground and cries as crews disassemble the pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University's Lincoln Park campus Thursday. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP

In a “new level of violence” unfolding at anti-Israel encampments, weapons were discovered when police cleared DePaul University’s encampment at Chicago early Thursday morning — including knives, a pellet gun, and boards with nails sticking out of them meant to be used as “traps.” 

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