Protesters set up Gaza solidarity encampment at University of Houston

Protesters set up an encampment in solidarity with Gaza on the University of Houston campus on Wednesday, May 8, footage shows.

Footage posted to X by the Party for Socialism and Liberation shows protesters setting up tents at Butler Plaza in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday morning.

The encampment is one of several pro-Palestinian camps established on North American campuses, many of which have been dismantled by university officials and police.

Last month, Students for Justice in Palestine HTX staged a sit-in protest for several days inside the University of Houston’s Student Center South, according to the Daily Cougar. Credit: Party for Socialism and Liberation via Storyful