Nimiah and Leon from the encampment told ΒιΆΉΣ³» on May 28, when the protest had been in place for 16 days, that it was receiving a lot of support.
The encampment includes around 20 tents and about 30-40 people present on any given day.
They said a lot of passers-by drop in and ask questions.
The students set up an information tent at the engineering faculty. At first many were negative, Leon said.
But a lot of students who took leaflets came back later, saying: βYouβre not some scary bunch at all. What you are asking for is quite reasonable.
βThe educational nature of our material doesnβt work every time, of course: you canβt argue with a Zionist,β he added.
The studentsβ demands on management are: Disclose ties to weapons manufacturers and ties with Israel; Divest and start an academic boycott of Israeli universities; and Demilitarise education.
At the time of the interview, they had only received a weak response from the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor.
Strong popular support for the encampment includes visitors such as Greens NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi.