Giving us the runaround: University of Toronto not addressing demands, protesters say – Toronto [Video]

Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto said Wednesday the university is ignoring their demands and instead focusing on the logistics of the demonstration.

Erin Mackey, one of the spokespeople for the protesters, said the group previously had discussions with university administrators about sanitation and other issues related to the encampment.

After that, the group indicated it would no longer participate in talks unless they were about its demands that the university disclose its ties with the Israeli government and divest from Israeli companies, she said.

The university indicated it was unwilling to do that, she said.

“They have all these other things that they want addressed but they’re not addressing the core issue, which is why we are here — we are here demanding divestment,” she said.

“They’re giving us the runaround and we’re calling them out, saying that that’s not good enough.”

In a statement issued Wednesday morning, the university said it is continuing to …