"Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest."

On Wednesday 1 May 2024, Students for Palestine Adelaide set up their encampment on the Maths Lawns at Adelaide University in solidarity with the Palestinians and to demand the University discloses it’s investments with Israel and companies that support Israel and to divest from those investments.

This encampment is one of 6 set up so far at Australian universities. They have been inspired by the students at Colombia and other universities throughout the US and now around the world, as a massive student movement grows to protest the genocide in Gaza and Israeli apartheid.

AFOPA is proud to support these students and has provided them with material resources such as marquees, a white board, placards and a donation of funds to maintain the encampment.

We will keep this blog updated as we get more information from the encampment.

Please visit the students to support them. Email us your photos to add to this blog at secretary@afopa.com.au

UPDATES

9 May 2024: AFOPA CONDEMN VICE CHANCELLORS SEEKING TO BAN STUDENT ENCAMPMENTS

See AFOPA’s media alert that was sent this evening to all Australian media outlets, after articles in the Australian press today reported on actions by Australian university vice chancellors against the student Gaza encampments. Today the Age newspaper reported:

"The nation’s biggest universities are seeking legal advice from federal authorities on how to respond to protesters who call for an “intifada” against Israel amid a political row over public chants that back the use of violence. The universities have written to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to gain formal advice on whether the pro-Palestinian demand is a breach of federal law, setting up a crucial decision on ways to ban the protesters from university grounds".

AFOPA is undeterred in its support of the brave students around the world, in Australia and especially those on Adelaide University campus, who established their Student Gaza Encampment on Wednesday 1 May. We stand with them!

Read the media alert here.

6 May 2024: ATTACK ON ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY STUDENT GAZA ENCAMPMENT

Just before 9:40pm and again just after 10:20pm on Monday 6 May, the Student Gaza encampment at Adelaide University was attacked. Fireworks were thrown into the encampment causing damage to some of the tents, fortunately no one was injured.

Read AFOPA’s Media release about this cowardly attack [click here]