Photo Gallery: Pro-Palestine protestors gather at UTRGV

A protestor chants against the support the state of Israel as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Evelyn Tencer runs with the Israeli flag as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators chant as they walk the hallways during a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Law enforcement stand in the hallways as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A child looks up into the sky as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A message is written as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A demonstrator holds a sign at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Texas State Trooper vehicles are parked in a row in a parking lot where demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Surveillance is conducted as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A child walks along by the hand as demonstrators move through the campus at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter fals over head as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

A woman listens as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators chant as they walk the hallways during a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Demonstrators chant as they walk the hallways during a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Texas State Troopers watch from their vehicles as demonstrator gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)

Pro Israeli supporter Johnathan Salinas stands with the flag of Israel nearby as demonstrators gather at a pro Palestine rally at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com)