“Across the United States, universities today are the scene of particularly sharp divisions over Hamas’s attacks on Israel, noted on October 10 Politico. Their administrations are grappling with far-left student groups who are pro-Palestinian.”
This standoff took a political turn, “involving elected representatives of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans”.
“Calls for calm and compassion from university presidents have been harshly condemned by student associations criticizing Israel’s control in the Middle East. While messages from pro-Palestinian students sparked outrage,” reports the American site.
“Israel fully responsible,” students say
At the New York University Faculty of Law, the president of the student lawyer association called for “do not condemn the Palestinian resistance”, writing: “Israel bears full responsibility for this appalling human toll.” At Harvard, a press release
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