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Palestinian students targeted by campaign in Israeli universities
14 October 2023 16:53 BST
Since the moment the Israel-Palestine war erupted last weekend, Israeli society has been turned upside down.
The shock Palestinian attack on Israeli communities near Gaza, which killed around 1,300 Israelis, has prompted a complete breakdown of previous social bonds between Jewish Israelis and their Palestinian fellow citizens.
A prominent example of this is in the corridors of academia, where previous ties between Jewish and Arab students have unravelled as Israeli fury is directed at Palestinians.
One Palestinian student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told Middle East Eye that his fellow students have "suddenly turned into spies".
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