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Betsy Smith's avatar

It's not necessarily one thing or the other, but my sense is that those who voted some version of "uncommitted" in the Democratic primaries were protesting against the government's involvement in the war, but that the students were frequently protesting against their school's funding of entities that were contributing to Netanyahu's war.

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Mary Baine Campbell's avatar

Yes, precisely. But they're aware also that beyond their address to the administrations and trustees of their universities lies a nation that has had little access to education about Gaza's awful and worsening situation over the last 76 years, and that the press reactions to their encampments, however biased, will bring (and have brought) attention to a wider array of facts and views. Which could have an effect in Congress and above all on the President.

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