Global Times editor's note: As the Israel-Hamas war continues, pro-Palestine student protests on United States campuses are calling attention to US policies in the region and challenging university administrators to divest. Why such protests erupt from the political spectrum to university students? What does it show about US policy and US image? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Jason Cohen from the City University of New York and student adviser Brandon Gonzalez on these issues.

GT: Why do you participate in the encampment?