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Chancellor Martin condemned the pro-Palestine protests and encampment that happened on Saturday April 27, in a statement issued via email to the student body, April 29.
Andrew Martin says 23 of the 100 people arrested on Saturday were students
The students launched the encampment, they said, following similar protests at Columbia University and other colleges and universities across the United States.
Around 250 Washington University students and community members staged a pro-Palestine march from Forest park to Olin Library and set up an encampment just outside the library before moving it to the East End of campus, April 27.
Washington University students have established an encampment on campus to call for divestment from Boeing, which manufactures weapons as well as planes, and in a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza.