CHICAGO (TND) — A pro-Palestine organization at the University of Chicago asked Thursday for the public to donate a long list of items to aid campus protesters, including birth control, HIV tests and Vaseline.
UChicago United for Palestine, which describes itself as a coalition "committed to Palestinian liberation," is the driving force behind days worth of anti-Israel demonstrations at the University of Chicago. Thursday marked the fourth day of the group's encampment on UChicago's main quad.
In an Instagram post, the coalition made a series of supply requests for its "medical tent," including "Plan B," also known as the "morning after" pill. UChicago United for Palestine also requested HIV tests and "dental dams," which the CDC describes as "sheets used between the mouth and vagina or anus during oral sex."
The requests come on the heels of other encampments asking the public to provide food and supplies to protesters. Organizers at nearby Northwestern University asked supporters to donate "hot food" for protesters earlier this week. That encampment has since been dissolved thanks to a controversial agreement between Northwestern and protesters.
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Counter-protesters have begun to confront anti-Israel demonstrations on several campuses, including UChicago. A separate pro-Palestine group at the school, called "UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine," said Friday a "Zionist counter-protest" was possibly being planned for the early afternoon.
Meanwhile, counter-protesters at the University of Mississippi drew widespread attention after outnumbering anti-Israel demonstrators on the school's Oxford, Miss. campus Thursday. Several videos on social media show a large contingent of students mocking anti-Israel protesters with chants and shouts.
Columbia University, perhaps the epicenter of the anti-Israel campus protests, is still facing the fallout of a decision by its president to call in the New York City Police Department after students broke into a university library earlier this week.
Some Columbia faculty members are now calling for a "no confidence" vote against the president, and the Columbia Law Review wants to postpone the law school's exams because some students are "irrevocably shaken" by the police response.
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