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       Tension was high at Monash University in the Melbourne suburb of
       Clayton today, seven days after students set up camp on the campus
       lawns in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists at universities
       around the world.
        
       More than 100 people met at midday for what was meant to be a rally
       and march through the campus.
        
       Organisers called off the march after clashes with a group of counter-
       demonstrators who showed up supporting Jewish students and Israel.
        
       Counter-demonstrators class with university security at Monash.Credit:
       Justin McManus
        
       Chants of: "We are all Palestinians", "Free, free Palestine" and
       "Israel out of Palestine, Israel out of West Bank" were interrupted
       when Jewish students broke a camp barricade, made up of security
       guards and pro-Palestinian protesters.
        
       One Jewish student's shirt was ripped during an ensuing scuffle and
       another had their flag snatched when they pushed their way through the
       crowd.
        
       Police watched from a distance as security guards worked to keep the
       opposing crowds separated. The taunts and cheers grew louder with the
       arrival of three adult activists, who marched onto the campus waving a
       large Palestine flag.
        
       Minutes later, about 20 counter-demonstrators linked arms and sang the
       Israeli national anthem, as their fellow students shouted their
       demands for the university from a stage metres away.
        
       "Disclose, divest: we will not stop, we will not rest!"
        
       "You wouldn't expect us to stay silent if this was the Vietnam War!"
       the protesters called from the stage.
        
       Despite the trading of insults, no arrests were made and there were no
       interjections from university staff.
        
        
        
        
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