On April 17th, students at Columbia university in New York launched an encampment calling for the private, ivy league university to divest from the state of Israel, taking inspiration from past divestment struggles on campus against the Vietnam war and apartheid in South Africa. The encampment is only the latest in a series of growing...
  • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In the face of escalating campus protests, president Biden and many politicians have rushed to brand the demonstrations as “anti-Semitic,” conflating political opposition to Israeli apartheid with racism and hatred of Jews