Students shatter US taboo on criticising Israel: Columbia University prof

Students with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment take over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University naming it Hind's Hall, April 30, 2024 in New York. / Photo: AP Archive

Asked what triggered and expanded the student mobilisation, considering that it was not the first time that Israel unleashed a massive offensive against Palestinians, he counted two major reasons. As such, particularly more conservative and more pro-Israel Republicans in Congress put pressure on the universities, which they see as breeding grounds for progressive views, including support for Palestinians, and threatened to cut federal funding to them, he said.

"Palestine remains still, of course, the main issue, but it has now entered into a whole lot of other dimensions. And this, I think, makes everything very complicated for all the parties involved,” Gourgouris said.Gourgouris contended that the response by mainstream media, which accused the students of being antisemitic and presented them as spoiled rich kids, backfired and made the students more determined.

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