Colleges have reported an increase in hate crimes against Muslim and Jewish students as tensions rise on campuses over Israel-Hamas war. https://tinyurl.com/257nstmm

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The Israel-Hamas war has generated a new level of activism on college campuses over the Israel-Palestinian conflict, according to experts. Instead of uniting for a cause – ending apartheid, objecting to the Vietnam War or advocating for civil rights – students are shouting down their classmates and holding dueling protests.

The tumult has been fueled by an increasingly bitter social media landscape, along with dynamics that experts say are more nuanced than other controversies that have divided college campuses in the past.

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