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The Daily Free Press • December 4, 2023 • https://dailyfreepress.com.temp.snosites.net/12/04/23/201105/

GALLERY: Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine demonstrations coincide in Boston

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine advocates stand across from each other at a die-in protest for Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. Students across Boston said they've had varying experiences with activism for Israel and Palestine. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine advocates stand across from each other at a die-in protest for Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. Students across Boston said they've had varying experiences with activism for Israel and Palestine. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Daily Free Press Staff
By Daily Free Press Photographers

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine advocates have held numerous demonstrations beginning in early October on Boston University’s campus and around the city.

Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine organized “Shut It Down for Palestine,” held outside of Tsai Performance Center on Nov. 9. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Moises Bensadon, a student in the College of Engineering, ties balloons to empty chairs at a demonstration in Marsh Plaza on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Protesters react to a speech at a pro-Palestine rally in Copley Square on Oct. 16. ZIYU (JULIAN) ZHU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Students, draped in the Israeli flag embrace, listened to a speaker at the “Gathering in Solidarity with Israel under Fire” event at Marsh Plaza on Oct. 11. ISABELLA OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Participants lie on the floor at a die-in protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Protesters form a human chain in Boston Common on Oct. 23. Attendees lined the streets to show support for Israelis held hostage. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Protesters march at a pro-Palestine rally in Copley Square Oct. 16. ZIYU (JULIAN) ZHU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Kassem, 3, listens to a guest speaker at an Oct. 16 pro-Palestine rally in Copley Square. ZIYU (JULIAN) ZHU/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Pro-Israel demonstrators stand near a pro-Palestine rally in front Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign event in Boylston on Nov. 10. JIASHAN ZHENG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A protester is arrested during a pro-Palestine rally in front Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign event at the Ritz-Carlton in Boylston on Nov. 10. JIASHAN ZHENG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Pro-Israel demonstrators wrap themselves with Israeli flags at a Students for Justice in Palestine rally outside of the George Sherman Union on Oct. 23. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Protesters march down Commonwealth Avenue during a Students for Justice in Palestine rally on Oct. 23. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine advocates stand across from each other at a die-in protest for Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
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