A group of students is quietly working on laptops in a study room on the second floor of a university campus building in Brussels, with several sleeping bags at their feet. Rather than preparing to pull an ‘all nighter’ ahead of their coming exams, they are part of a group of pro-Palestine activists who have been occupying the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) building. Every day since the occupation began last Tuesday the protesters have gathered around noon to divvy up tasks. Some students take on cleaning duties, others cooking, security, art or press relations. When The Irish Times visited...