McGill encampment supporters reflect on the ups and downs of a week in protest

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The sun was shining and the leaves were coming out of their buds Friday afternoon as a relative calm reigned over an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian student protesters on the front lawn of McGill University's downtown campus. The day before had been misty and grey, and filled with relentless noise from opposing protests led on one side by the students and pro-Israel groups on the other. Chants on loudspeakers flooded the campus grounds, while upbeat music in Hebrew filled Sherbrooke Street.