Rutgers University postpones final exams because of anti-Israel agitators

A statue of the Rutgers mascot with an "On Strike" sticker at the university's main campus in New Brunswick. (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Rutgers University on Thursday announced that final exams and other academic activities scheduled on its College Avenue campus in New Brunswick would be postponed because of anti-Israel agitators.

"Due to anticipated escalation of protest activities and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students, exams and other academic activities scheduled to take place before noon today on the College Avenue campus have been postponed," the school said in a statement.

The university did not provide new dates for the exams. The school said more updates will follow and advised students to contact their deans for more information. 

Anti-Israel protesters formed an encampment at Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus on Thursday. The encampment is organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and the Endowment Justice Collective, according to NJ.com.

“In light of Rutgers University, President Holloway, Board of Governors, the Joint Committee on Investments not acknowledging their Palestinians students and not responding to our divestment request we will not leave Voorhees Mall the same way Palestinians in Gaza refuse to leave their homes until our demands are met,” the groups said in a statement Thursday. "This morning we will tell the university that we are not going to our final exams and ask our teachers to cancel them.”