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California College Campuses Convulsed in Protest During Israel-Hamas War California College Campuses Convulsed in Protest During Israel-Hamas War
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Tensions have been especially high on university campuses since the war between Israel and Hamas began a month ago.Tensions have been especially high on university campuses since the war between Israel and Hamas began a month ago.
The police were called to a U.C. Davis student Senate meeting after students supporting Israel and Palestine began shouting at one another. Stanford Law School moved classes online for a day because of students’ concerns about their safety. On Friday, an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University was hurt in a hit-and-run crash that’s being investigated as a hate crime.The police were called to a U.C. Davis student Senate meeting after students supporting Israel and Palestine began shouting at one another. Stanford Law School moved classes online for a day because of students’ concerns about their safety. On Friday, an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University was hurt in a hit-and-run crash that’s being investigated as a hate crime.
Some have compared the scale of campus protests to demonstrations against the Vietnam War in the 1960s, but there’s a key difference. This time, there are deeper divisions among students, as the conflict has widened a yawning gulf between those supporting Israel and Palestine.Some have compared the scale of campus protests to demonstrations against the Vietnam War in the 1960s, but there’s a key difference. This time, there are deeper divisions among students, as the conflict has widened a yawning gulf between those supporting Israel and Palestine.
Many students disagree about how to even talk about the violence, and feelings are heightened by grief as deaths continue to mount in the Middle East. Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 killed 1,400 people, and the Israeli government has since unleashed a devastating barrage of airstrikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where health officials say more than 10,000 people are now dead. You can follow the latest Times coverage of the war here.Many students disagree about how to even talk about the violence, and feelings are heightened by grief as deaths continue to mount in the Middle East. Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 killed 1,400 people, and the Israeli government has since unleashed a devastating barrage of airstrikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where health officials say more than 10,000 people are now dead. You can follow the latest Times coverage of the war here.
At U.C. Berkeley, a campus famous for its political activism, students on both sides have reported that they’ve been threatened and doxxed. Many wear masks to protests for fear of being identified and harassed on social media.
The debate has been polarizing. A Berkeley law professor wrote an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal calling for firms not to hire his “antisemitic law students.” A group of 300 U.C. faculty members, including many at U.C. Berkeley, wrote a letter condemning the university system’s use of the word “terrorism” to describe Hamas’s attacks on Israel.