Alshaer said the camp expected the university to disclose all its ties to weapons companies within a month,with independent oversight,and students would keep campaigning for it to end those deals altogether. “This is a major win,but it’s also a first step.”

She called on the university’s chancellor to intervene to stop students being penalised over the protests.

Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition supporting staff and students protesting following a warning from the vice chancellor that demonstrators who refused to leave the building risked expulsion or police action.

The university said the sit-in raised serious safety concerns,something the staff union disputed. University management hadpreviously threatened to send in law enforcement to clear protesters out,but Victoria Police said no formal complaint of trespass – required for them to go in and remove the protesters – was made.

Other universities such as Monash and Latrobe have launched disciplinary action against students taking part in encampments,while police have investigated some pro-Israel counter-protesterswho have harassed the camps.

Student encampments in Australia have been relatively peaceful compared to ugly clashes in the United States,where colleges have called in riot police to clear out protesters.

Some politicians and Jewish groups have been calling on Australian universities to follow suit,as the camps become a flashpoint for national debate over the war in Gaza,and rising concern about antisemitism on our shores.

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