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Gaza protest camp set to go after Cambridge University offer

A Gaza war protest camp set up by students could disappear over the next few weeks after a talks offer from their university, write Mousumi Bakshi and Brian Farmer for BBC News.

Demonstrators set up the camp more than two months ago after raising concerns about Cambridge University’s investments in relation to the defence and arms industry. The university has said in an online statement that it will discuss a review of “our approach to responsible investment” if the protest camp is closed down.

A protest group spokesman told the BBC the announcement was a “step in the right direction” and said a decampment was being planned. The encampment has now been in place for more than two months
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