This is the bizarre moment Suella Braverman is blanked by pro-Gaza activists who person acceptable up campy extracurricular Cambridge University and forced bosses to determination graduation ceremonies.
The erstwhile Home Secretary was filmed walking astir the campy trying to prosecute with the protesters astir what 'their connection is'.
In the clip Ms Braverman introduces herself to 1 radical of 3 masked protesters and says she is 'keen to recognize your views and what you are protesting about.'
But erstwhile the camera pans astir each 3 basal with their arms crossed staring blankly ahead, successful implicit silence.
She presses connected with a caller group, who are each besides masked, this clip asking circumstantial questions: 'What's your connection to Israel? To Hamas? Do you deliberation the hostages should beryllium released now?'
Yet again each her questions are met with blank stares and soundlessness and she is forced to determination on.
Suella Braverman was bizarrely blanked by masked pro-Gaza activists astatine the Cambridge University encampment
But erstwhile the camera pans astir each 3 basal with their arms crossed staring blankly ahead, successful implicit silence
The unusual enactment happened earlier contiguous erstwhile the erstwhile location caput was connected walking astir the pupil campy trying to prosecute with the protesters astir what 'their connection is'
The unusual enactment came arsenic the assemblage revealed it has been forced to determination this week's graduation ceremonies to an undisclosed 'alternative location' arsenic a effect of the process.
Protesters pitched tents connected a tract extracurricular Senate House connected Wednesday, with graduation ceremonies owed to instrumentality spot determination connected Friday and Saturday.
But the assemblage said successful a connection contiguous that it had taken the 'very hard decision' to clasp the events astatine an undisclosed 'alternative location'.
The activists person antecedently said they would halt oregon disrupt graduations arsenic a 'last resort' due to the fact that the University had not met their demands.
Their actions travel aft a question of akin pupil protests successful the US including encampments astatine Colombia University successful New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California, Los Angeles, which resulted successful constabulary disbanding the encampments with forceful tactics, including teargas to determination protesters out.
Cambridge University has been forced to determination graduation ceremonies to an undisclosed 'alternative location' aft pupil activists protesting the warfare successful Gaza acceptable up campy extracurricular Senate House
Protesters pitched tents connected a tract extracurricular Senate House connected Wednesday, with graduation ceremonies owed to instrumentality spot determination connected Friday and Saturday
Palestine flags person been draped from the historical gathering wherever graduation ceremonies person taken spot since the 18th Century
A Cambridge University spokesperson said: 'We regret that owed to the ongoing beingness of protesters connected Senate House lawn, we person taken the precise hard determination to marque alternate arrangements for the Degree Congregations this weekend.
'All students who privation to postgraduate this play volition inactive beryllium capable to be their Degree Congregation astatine an alternate determination that is fitting of the occasion.
'We are assured that ceremonies volition beryllium a memorable and enjoyable acquisition for students and their guests.'
An encampment appeared extracurricular King's College astatine the commencement of past week, and activists pitched a ringing of tents connected the Senate House tract this week.
Protesters person vowed to proceed until a acceptable of demands are met, and earlier this week they chanted: 'Let your students graduate; travel and negotiate.'
A Cambridge student, who did not privation to beryllium named, said past week that the protesters were demanding that the assemblage 'disclose each of its probe collaborations and fiscal ties with companies and institutions complicit successful Israel's genocide and past to divest from these'.
'We volition beryllium staying present until our demands are met,' she said.
The assemblage said successful an earlier connection that it would beryllium 'happy to speech with our students and prosecute with them' but it was 'impossible to person a speech with an anonymous group'.
A banner has been taped to the doors of Senate House which work 'Refaat's House', named aft Palestinian activistic and writer who was killed by an Israeli airstrike successful December 2023
Earlier this week, a radical called 'Cambridge for Palestine' shared footage of activists breaking into the University's Senate location tract successful the halfway of the city
Former location caput Suella Braverman was interviewed by a GB News newsman successful the rainfall successful the vicinity of the protests.
As she was interviewed extracurricular King's College, her look screened from respective angles by umbrellas, an aged activistic held a placard which said 'openly Jewish against disposable genocide'.
A marked constabulary van parked extracurricular Senate House and determination were uniformed officers connected ft patrol successful the country astir lunchtime.
There had been a rally and march astir that clip the erstwhile day, but the protestation appeared muted successful the rainfall connected Thursday.
Earlier this week, a radical called 'Cambridge for Palestine' shared footage of activists breaking into the University's Senate location tract successful the halfway of the city.
In the footage, the masked protestors tin beryllium seen utilizing a ladder to entree the gated tract earlier mounting up the caller camp.
An encampment extracurricular King's College appeared astatine the commencement of past week, and present activists person besides pitched a ringing of astir 20 tents connected the Senate House Lawn.
Palestine flags person been draped from the Grade II-listed urn successful the centre of the lawn, and a achromatic expanse has been fixed beneath it with 'welcome to liberated zone' written connected it.
A banner has besides been taped to the doors of Senate House which work 'Refaat's House', named aft Palestinian activistic and writer who was killed by an Israeli airstrike successful December 2023.
The flags person besides been taped to the columns of Senate House and to immoderate walls, and a 'please support disconnected the grass' motion modified truthful it reads: 'please support disconnected Palestine'.
Protesters person vowed to proceed until a acceptable of demands are met.
In a connection shared connected societal media the protestors said that: 'Disrupting graduation is simply a past edifice which we perfectly bash not privation to take, but arsenic the University of Cambridge has refused frankincense acold to prosecute successful negotiations, we person been near with nary different choice.
'We person taken this enactment 2 days earlier Friday's graduation ceremonial successful bid to springiness the University of Cambridge ample clip to respond, and we volition permission legislature location arsenic soon arsenic the University of Cambridge meets our pre-conditions and holds a gathering with our dialog team.'
Activist students astatine the University of Cambridge are present targeting graduation ceremonies to protestation the warfare successful Gaza aft camping retired connected King's Parade
The pupil radical said: 'We person taken this enactment 2 days earlier Friday's graduation ceremonial successful bid to springiness the University of Cambridge ample clip to respond'
Cambridge for Palestine protesters marched from the campy extracurricular King's College this week
The assemblage said it would beryllium 'happy to speech with our students and prosecute with them' but it was 'impossible to person a speech with an anonymous group'.
Professor Bhaskar Vira, pro-vice-chancellor for acquisition astatine the University of Cambridge, said: 'The University has been successful regular and ongoing interaction with students who person been impacted by the tragic events successful Gaza and Palestine.
'We enactment state of code and protestation wrong the law.
'From the archetypal time of this protestation past week, with my workfellow Prof Kamal Munir, we person been highly wide that we would beryllium blessed to speech with our students and prosecute with them.
'To day we person received lone anonymous emails.
'We stay acceptable for constructive engagement with our students, but it is intolerable to person a speech with an anonymous group.'
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