Ziniab Imtair

We had seven leaders for our negotiations, and all of us thought these demands were simple and achievable. They’re things that have happened before, like for South Africa, and could happen again. And these are things that people, especially Palestinian organizations, have been working on for decades. Encampments were a tactic to get those demands, and they created hype and media attention. They were a catalyst for all that hard work for so many years.

A Convergence Series Passionate campus protests around the world brought a new level of intensity to the multi-sided movement supporting Palestine. They also recalled and built on a livi Ziniab Imtair is a student at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and president of the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) there. She was one of the core organizers of SFSU’s two-week Students For Gaza encampment, which won three of its four demands.