LINCOLN- More than 100 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and community members gathered on Wednesday in what they called a "Liberated Zone for Palestine" in an attempt to force the NU System to disclose any investments it has made into Israel and to divest from those should any be revealed. Protestors also called on UNL to end a sponsored study abroad program in Jerusalem.

"We're here because there are students, professors, administrators, and staff in Gaza who are experiencing a genocide," said Anna Synya, a UNL senior present at the protest. Although many protests arguing for divestment from Israel have turned violent, the Lincoln event focused on teach-ins, dances, chants, and prayers, all of which remained peaceful.

Synya, a member of UNL's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, emphasized that the reason UNL students came out to protest was not to support student protestors on other campuses, like Columbia, but because they wanted to support Gaza, where every university has been bombed. While counter-protestors showed up to the event, the UNL Police Department maintained a minimal presence all day.

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