Rising tensions on Bay area college campuses as pro Palestinian protests intensify across the country. Tonight, students camping out at San Francisco State University, the latest campus now home to a new demonstration. >> People should have the right to speak about what's going on. >> I don't understand what the end goal is. >> Mixed reaction tonight as a new college demonstration has popped up right here in the Bay area. Good evening everyone. I'm Mike Mibach and I'm Julie Julie Haener. >> Tonight, students at San Francisco State University making their voices heard, demanding the college cut ties with companies doing business with Israel. But some Jewish students say they are concerned about the protest. KTVU Zac sos joins us now live from the university, where things have remained peaceful. Tonight. Zach >> Yeah, and some of those demonstrators still camped out just a short distance away from here. Again, today's protest, as you mentioned, peaceful and the university telling students they can stay put as long as it remains that way free Palestine, Palestine shortly after a rally Monday at San Francisco State. >> Thousand tents quickly going up, the group of demonstrators becoming the latest to join a growing list of student led encampments at colleges across the country. >> We obviously, see that this movement of forming an encampment is one that's, you know, taking the nation by storm, similar to other college encampment demonstrations, the students calling on the university to divest itself of investments from companies doing business with Israel. San Francisco State, as a member of the CSU system, we think that it's important to protest their, involvement and, you know, support of the genocide. In a statement responding to the protests, the university saying in part, quote, SF State Foundation investment policy reflects its commitment to the values of the university, prioritizing social and racial justice, environmental sustainability and climate action. >> I mean, in the whole situation, I've been kind of like neutral, I guess, trying not to get too involved. >> Nearby Zach Weinstein passing by the encampment. >> I've kind of kept away today. I'm only kind of been here, as it's calmed down, Weinstein, who identifies as Jewish, concerned about signs like these, it's basically saying, I can't be a part of that conversation whatsoever, because I believe that the state of Israel has a right to exist. You know, it creates an unwelcoming environment, but more so, it's just it's shutting down even essential conversation. >> I am a Jewish student myself, actually, and I have never felt unsafe across the bay at UC Berkeley. >> Free Palestine, free free Palestine. Similar to Stanford University, Cal's encampment protest ongoing. >> We want to see the UC divest its financial holdings in companies that are doing business with the Israeli state. >> The university so far refusing to do so but allowing the demonstration to go on while it remains peaceful. Protesters say they have no plans of backing down and back at San Francisco State. >> There's no time frame as long as it takes. We have these demands and we want to see them met and we're planning. We plan to stay out here as long as that takes. >> So this demonstration obviously still in its first, evening, its early stages compared to some of those other encampment protests we have seen tomorrow. They plan to elect some of their student
