Pro-Palestine Protesters In New Jersey's Rutgers Call Kashmiris An 'Occupied People'

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of Sproul Hall during a planned protest on the campus of UC Berkeley in Berkeley, California. (Image: AP Photo)

The ninth demand from the students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick called for the display of flags representing "occupied peoples" on the campus, as per an X post by 'controversial' historian and author Audrey Truschke

As protests across US campuses in support of Palestinians continue, students at Rutgers University presented a list of 10 demands to the administration during demonstrations against the Gaza war. One of these demands referred to Kashmiris as ‘occupied people’.

The ninth demand from the students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick called for the display of flags representing “occupied peoples” on the campus, as per an X post by ‘controversial’ historian and author Audrey Truschke on Friday.

Truschke, also an associate professor of South Asian history at Rutgers University in New Jersey, shared the ten demands made by student protesters at the university on her handle.

“Today, students at Rutgers-New Brunswick compelled our administration to make substantial headway on eight of their ten demands. Lessons— Protest works,” Truschke wrote .

“Display the flags of occupied peoples – including but not limited to Palestinians, Kurds, and Kashmiris – in all areas displaying international flags across the Rutgers campuses,” the ninth demand from the pro-Palestinians protesting students at Rutgers stated.

As per Truschke’s post, in response, the administrator, who agreed to and accepted the demand, said: “The Office of the Chancellor will take stock of flags that are displayed across RutgersNew Brunswick campus, and ensure appropriate representation of students enrolled in academic and other spaces.”

The protest encampment was dismantled on Thursday after Rutgers administrators and university students reached a deal on their fourth day of the encampment.

“They accepted eight of the 10 [demands] but not the most important, which is divesting, so that’s what we want to do but we also want to respect the campus,” one protester told CBS News.

The ongoing encampment at Rutgers University in support of Palestinians began on Monday. Protesters are demanding that Rutgers terminate its relationship with Tel Aviv University and divest from companies engaged in business with Israel.

The university announced its agreement to review the students’ requests. However, a rally on campus Thursday morning prompted the administration to take the unprecedented step of postponing final exams on campus.

The administration said that 28 scheduled exams were disrupted, impacting over 1,000 students, but assured that they would be rescheduled.

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