Clashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter students’ sense of safety on US college campuses
By KEVIN McGILL, STEPHEN SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY, KEVIN McGILL, STEPHEN SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press
Published: November 10, 2023, 5:55pm
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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.
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