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The wall of bookshelves was installed around the curved steps of Beinecke Plaza, in response to the ongoing genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli state against the Palestinian people. The bookshelves carried 2 messages painted on the first and last bookshelf: Books not Bombs, and All Walls Will Fall. The 36-foot long wall was meant to echo the multitude of border walls in Palestine that imprison and divide the Palestinian people. Yet the initially blank wall was soon filled with messages of love and resistance, symbolizing the resilience and steadfast belief that someday soon Palestine will be free. The bookshelves themselves reference the destruction of Gaza’s Universities, and Yale’s investment in Israeli weapons that pay for those bombs. Instead of investing in books and education, Yale continues to invest in the Israeli genocide being perpetrated against the people of Palestine.