Dive Brief:
- Students of color claiming solidarity with Palestine and pushing anti-Israel political action are involved in rifts on campuses across the country.
- The New York Times reports Jewish students are feeling targeted during divestment campaigns and compelled to defend Israel against student groups they may have allied with during other civil rights struggles.
- While the Anti-Defamation League found a slight uptick in anti-Semitic incidents this year, The New York times reports the vast majority of Jewish students still feel safe on campus.
Dive Insight:
Protests and political round-tables have sprung up in communities nationwide tying together instances of police violence against black men and Palestinian oppression by Israel. Campuses, long a training ground for student activists, have seen significant organizing on both of these issues this year, along with others, including the September mass kidnapping of student-teachers in Mexico. At some schools administrators are caught between protecting students’ rights to organize and ensuring all members of their campus community feel safe and welcome.