Police began removing anti-Israel protesters from an encampment on Yale’s campus early Monday after a week of protests calling for the university to divest from military weapon manufacturers.

At least 16 protesters were arrested as police looked through tents set up in the encampment at Beinecke Plaza, where more than 250 agitators gathered Sunday night, the Yale Daily News reported. 

Police were seen removing pro-Palestinian protesters camped out on Yale’s campus on Monday. (WTIC)

Protest organizers told the paper that at least some of those arrested are students. 

A member of the Yale Police Department told the Yale Daily News that the arrested protesters would be written up and released.

Police were seen removing pro-Palestinian protesters camped out on Yale’s campus on Monday. (WTIC)

Pro-Palestinian protesters on Yale’s campus on Monday morning. (WTIC)

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