The encampment at Trinity College forced the university to block campus access this weekend and shut down the Book of Kells exhibition, which is one of the top tourist attractions, Al Mayadeen reported.
However, the encampment was the result of the students' union saying the university fined it 214,000 euros ($230,000) for losses caused by protests in recent months, not exclusively over Gaza. Now, the protesters are demanding that the college cut academic ties with Israel and divest from companies with ties to the occupation regime.
Laszlo Molnarfi, president of the institution's student union, told Irish public broadcaster RTE that the students demand the university sever any relationships it has with "Israel".
"The Book of Kells is now closed" for an indefinite period, Molnarfi posted on X, adding, "No business as usual during a genocide."
Last week, the head of Trinity College, Linda Doyle, claimed the university was reviewing investments but it was up to individual academics to decide if they want to work with Israeli institutions.
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