The Pro-Palestine Chaos Campaign Surges

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

Pro-Palestine protesters occupied an engineering building at the University of Washington (UW) this week, leading to dozens of arrests and more than $1 million in property damage.

The group responsible, Super UW, used similar violent tactics to the left-wing extremist group Antifa. The extreme damage from this riot has been unseen in the United States since last year’s demonstrations at Columbia University.

The riots were sparked by students demanding the school divest from Boeing, which produces significant amounts of munitions, including bombs and missiles, used by Israel.

_THE FACTS_

• Boeing donated $10 million to help build UW’s engineering school.

• Super UW is demanding that the building be renamed the Shaban al-Dalou Building, in honor of a teenage engineering student who was killed by a bomb in Gaza.

• Protesters are voicing outrage at Boeing for manufacturing weapons being “used by Israel in their US-funded genocide of Palestinian people.”

• Masked rioters “blocked access to two streets outside the building, blocked entrances and exits to the building, and ignited fires in two dumpsters on a street outside.”

• Police arrested 30 individuals on charges including trespassing, property destruction, and conspiracy.

• Protesters praised Hamas’s October 7 attack as a “heroic victory” and called for a global “student Intifada.”

• The university condemned the protest as illegal and antisemitic, stating it would not be intimidated by violent groups.

• UW officials estimate the protest caused over $1 million in damages.

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