‘Masked activists’ take over new UW engineering building, stage blockade
May 5, 2025, 6:41 PM | Updated: 7:00 pm
People block the entrance to a UW building. (Photo courtesy of @UW_JewishAlumni via X))
(Photo courtesy of @UW_JewishAlumni via X)
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. University police are reportedly at the scene.
BREAKING NOW : Black-clad, masked activists have TAKEN OVER the brand new Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB) and are piling furniture outside to blockade it. 馃憞 1/4
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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.
Vandals are sabotaging engineering research and studying at so they can make a political point. 3/4鈥� UW_JewishAlumni (@UW_JewishAlumni)
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