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Tensions flare between DePaul pro-Palestine encampment and counterprotesters

Pro-Palestinian activists argue with pro- Israel activists while members of the Chicago Police department stand between the two groups outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul University on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Chicago.

A group of about 60 people organized by the Chicago Jewish Alliance gathered at Fullerton and Seminary avenues Sunday morning in response to an encampment set up Tuesday at DePaul University to protest the war in Gaza.

Members of Chabad Lincoln Park, Stand With Us, Hillel Metro Chicago and the Jewish Institute for Liberal Voices, among other groups, helped organize the demonstration and said they wanted to help Jewish DePaul students feel safer. The group flew Israeli and

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