The school is seeking $1,500,000 in damages for trespass, damage to property, intimidation and ejectment
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Matthew Hanick
Published Jun 28, 2024 • Last updated Jun 28, 2024 • 2 minute read
The University of Waterloo (UW) is suing protesters from an anti-Israel encampment on its main campus for $1.5 million in damages.
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The university claims that the anti-Israel protesters of Occupy UWaterloo occupied the university’s private property illegally starting on May 13, according to a court document published on the university’s website. The school is seeking $1,500,000 in damages for trespass, damage to property, intimidation and ejectment.
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“It’s past time they’re shut down,” tweeted Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) in response to the lawsuit on Thursday.
“We hope this is a strong message for the other encampments on campuses across the country. Too often we’ve seen antisemitic harassment, discrimination, and hateful speech and actions connected with many of these encampments,” CIJA, the advocacy agent of the Jewish Federations across Canada, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) June 27, 2024The school is seeking “damages in the amount of $1,500,000, including damages for trespass, damage to property, intimidation, and ejectment.”
Good. We hope this is a strong message for the other encampments on campuses across the country. Too often we've seen antisemitic… pic.twitter.com/zvE80wP9Vk
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The document names seven Occupy UWaterloo members for their involvement in setting up what the school calls an “indefinite encampment” next to the Graduate House on UW’s main campus.
The university is asking Occupy UWaterloo to remove any encampment or obstructions erected and “remediate” the property to its original condition. The document also demands that encampment members do not rebuild and must refrain from interfering with the University’s Senate, board of governors and all teaching-related activities.
The document outlines the conditions for the Waterloo Regional Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, or any police service to remove the encampment and arrest the participants.
The encampment has called for UW to divest from companies that appear on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) list and for an “academic and cultural boycott” of Israeli companies and universities, according to the Waterloo Region Record.
On June 21, 2024, UW issued a trespass notice in person and online to all encampment participants, but it was staunchly rejected, according to the court document. UW claims defendant Ahmad Kamal wrote on the trespass notice posted on the wall of the encampment: “Again: I ain’t reading all that. Free Palestine”
— OccupyUW (@OccupyUW) June 25, 2024Incredibly shameful that @UWaterloo is choosing to sue their own student body protesting their universities complicity in a genocide that’s 9 months in and has claimed the lives of over 40,000.
History will absolve us students but you @UWaterlooPres, how will you be remembered?
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In a social media post on Tuesday, Occupy UWaterloo called the lawsuit “incredibly shameful”.
“History will absolve us,” the @OccupyUW post goes on to say.
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