The encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill University in Montreal is nearing the three-week mark, having survived heavy rains, a failed lawsuit to get them expelled and a sizeable counter-demonstration. In an attempt to resolve the situation, the university said last week it was willing to host a forum to discuss the protesters' main demand: that it divest from companies with ties to Israel. But the student activists say they won't leave without a firm commitment from the university to liquidate its investments in defence companies like Lockheed Martin, which they say are helping sustain the current Israeli bombardment of...