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Large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations filled the streets of downtown Montreal Tuesday afternoon as part of a series of planned demonstrations to mark two years of war in Gaza.
Dozens of CEGEP and university student associations across the city, representing more than 46,000 students, voted to strike on Monday and Tuesday in support of Palestinians and the tens of thousands killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last two years.
At around 1 p.m., protesters, many of them wearing keffiyehs, formed a large huddle near the corner of Mackay Street and de Maisonneuve Boulevard. Dozens of police officers were stationed nearby.
Earlier Tuesday morning, Concordia University announced it was shutting down its downtown campus to avoid ''potentially obstructive'' protests.
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