Clashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter students' sense of safety on US college campuses
November 10, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As a Jewish student, Eden Roth always has felt safe and welcome at Tulane University, where more than 40% of the students are Jewish. That has been tested by the aftermath of last month's Hamas incursion into Israel.
Graffiti appeared on the New Orleans campus with the message " from the river to the sea," a rallying cry for pro-Palestinian activists. Then came a clash between dueling demonstrations, where a melee led to three arrests and left a Jewish student with a broken nose.
"I think that the shift of experience with Jews on campus was extremely shocking," said Roth, wh...
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