Students at UC San Diego established a "Gaza Solidarity" encampment on the campus' Library Walk Wednesday, while University of San Diego students led a "Requiem For the Dead and Dying in Gaza" memorial, joining dozens of universities around the world where students maintain pro- Palestinian sites. The UCSDivest Coalition, organizers of the encampment campaign, is calling on UCSD to "end their silence and publicly condemn the destruction of over 80% of schools and all 12 universities in Gaza in a systematic dismantling of infrastructure that UN experts have termed scholasticide," a statement from the organization reads. "As a Jewish American student, I stand with the many Jewish, Palestinian and people of all backgrounds that demand divestment from the occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people," said Rachel, an undergraduate majoring in biological anthropology. "We are inspired by the Black civil rights movement, the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, and the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam -- to repair the world -- to call for a free Palestine. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/ucsd-students-establish-encampment/509-21489c31-11e4-4749-b330-9532a280f3ae