Aftermath of pro-Palestinian protest at Ole Miss

A Pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of Ole Miss yesterday afternoon is getting attention on social media after tense exchanges with counter-protesters.

This is video that was sent in to our sister station, WCBI.

More than two dozen protesters filled a cordoned-off area with signs of ‘Free Palestine’ and yelled chants.

Well over a hundred counter-protesters surrounded the area. They chanted ‘USA’ and waved American flags. Some plastic bottles were also thrown from the crowd.

However, there were no other significant physical clashes, but the exchanges became tense at times before the 45-minute protest was ended by Ole Miss campus police.

A group called U.M. for Palestine later posted on Instagram it wants the university to sever ties with Israel and make a public statement against the ongoing war in Gaza.