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This is continuing coverage from The Times-Dispatch about protests held at Virginia Commonwealth University on Monday. Video: Police in riot gear enter VCU campusVCU student Sereen Haddad speaks about a

Police and pro-Palestine protesters clashed Monday night after officers tried to clear a makeshift encampment on the lawn outside the James Branch Cabell Library on VCU’s Monroe Park campus, pitching tents in what they called a “liberation zone" and demanding an immediate end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Protestors and police clashed Monday night on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, which joined a growing list of campuses that have erupted in unrest over the past weeks.

Students at Virginia Commonwealth University on Monday joined the growing chorus of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country this week as tensions over the United States’ ongoing role in Israel’s assault on Gaza intensify.

Police and pro-Palestine protesters clashed Monday night after officers tried to clear a makeshift encampment on the lawn outside the James Branch Cabell Library on VCU’s Monroe Park campus, pitching tents in what they called a “liberation zone" and demanding an immediate end to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.