In Gaza protests, enemies of US higher education find new weapon

Protesters, mostly university students, gather to protest against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, at Queen's Park outside the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto, Canada to illustrate Can campus debate about Gaza be civil?

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Hundreds arrested in US campus protests over Gaza

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By Paul Basken

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Alma Mater statue by Daniel Chester French in front of students sitting on the Low Library steps on Columbia University's main campus

US House speaker calls for ousting of Columbia president

Top congressional Republican comes to New York City to ally himself with conservatives attacking free speech on college campuses

By Paul Basken

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Alma Mater statue at Columbia University

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University’s president in tough situation, with lawmakers escalating tensions, students angered by quick use of police force, and encampments elsewhere drawing similar responses

By Paul Basken

23 April

In Gaza protests, enemies of US higher education find new weapon

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

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In Gaza protests, enemies of US higher education find new weapon

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

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Related articles

As war rages in Gaza, is it too late for civil campus discussion?

Hundreds arrested in US campus protests over Gaza

US House speaker calls for ousting of Columbia president

Columbia ends in-person classes as protests spread across US

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Columbia University

Harvard University

University of Pennsylvania

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