People walk past a defaced statue of Queen Victoria outside a new pro-Palestinian encampment set up on Square Victoria in downtown Montreal, on June 22.Pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-protesters faced off today at a downtown Montreal square, where a new encampment tied to the war in the Gaza Strip was set up over the weekend.
Earlier in the day, protesters at Victoria Square demanded Quebec’s pension fund manager — Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec — divest from investments tied to Israel and for the provincial government to close its office in the Middle East country.
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