Fear and Anger Spread on Campuses as Protesters’ Rhetoric and Actions Escalate

October 27, 2023 1 min read

Johanna Alonso and Kathryn Palmer
Inside Higher Ed

Excerpt: In an incident that many people viewed as a troubling escalation of tensions on a college campus over the Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian students banged on locked library doors while shouting “Free Palestine” at Cooper Union in New York City while Jewish students were inside the library, according to a widely circulated video of the Oct. 25 incident.

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