Far from this week’s dramatic scenes of baton-wielding police clad in riot gear and bulletproof vests clashing with pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses coast to coast a diverse combination of Iowa City students and residents on Friday mingled peacefully on the University of Iowa Pentacrest lawn.
In response to a surge in national collegiate activism, about two dozen Iowa City High School students participated in a walkout and all-day protest on the lawn of the school, followed by a march to the University of Iowa Pentacrest on Friday. The event was organized by the group City Students for Palestine. The students.
Iowa City high school students and residents gathered on the Pentacrest on Friday’s chilly afternoon to protest the Israel-Hamas war. The protest is one of many in Iowa and nationwide regarding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war that started in early October. Roughly 50 protestors gathered on the Pentacrest holding pro-Palenstine signs, waving the Palestinian flag, and.