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The University of Washington (UW) Jewish Alumni organization has reported that “black-clad, masked activists” have taken over the UW’s new engineering building.
Photos posted on X show the activists piling furniture outside the building to block entry.
BREAKING NOW @UW: Black-clad, masked activists have TAKEN OVER the brand new Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB) and are piling furniture outside to blockade it. 👇 1/4 pic.twitter.com/UwQGJoniKw
— UW_JewishAlumni (@UW_JewishAlumni) May 6, 2025
The Jewish Alumni organization stated that the people hung a banner on the building in an effort to rename it for a man killed last year by an airstrike. A photo posted on X shows the banner along with one person holding a Palestinian flag.
Now they're hanging a banner, "renaming" the IEB building for a man killed last year by an airstrike, when Hamas located their command center next to his family's tent.
— UW_JewishAlumni (@UW_JewishAlumni) May 6, 2025
Vandals are sabotaging engineering research and studying at @UW so they can make a political point. 3/4 pic.twitter.com/O3gxHKAf5W
This is a developing story.
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