The Israel-Hamas war has created a crisis of protest and confrontation on American campuses.
At Cooper Union in New York, pro-Palestinian student demonstrators pounded on the door of a library as fearful Jewish classmates sheltered inside.
A Cornell undergraduate used a campus website to post threats to attack the school’s center for Jewish life.
Both Brandeis and Columbia have taken steps to penalize pro-Palestinian student groups for activity they argue violates university policies, prompting charges that they are selectively suppressing activism.
As the conflict continues in the Middle East, college students are alternately emboldened and alarmed, faculty are at loggerheads, donors are irate, and college presidents are embattled.
Persons:
Israel
Organizations:
Cooper Union, Palestinian, Cornell, Harvard, Brandeis, Columbia
Locations:
Israel, New York