Pro-Palestinian protest camp at UBC digs in for long haul [Video]

Pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus are bringing in water, food and other supplies in preparation to stay as long as it takes the school to accept their demands.

The encampment that went up Monday has since grown to about 30 tents, with some filled with large quantities of bottled water, food and bedding, while two portable toilets have also been brought in.

A protest spokesman, who would only identify himself as Kevin, said he and others will not leave until their demands are met. Those demands include an academic boycott of Israeli universities and that UBC divests itself from Israeli companies that they say are complicit in “oppression and genocide” of Palestinians.

“I’m pretty confident we can stay as long as it takes,” said Kevin, who identified himself as a second-year student at UBC.

“Everybody here is talking to each other, supporting each …