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World > Americas & EMEA
Angry disputes over Mideast conflict spark tempest on US campuses
By Agence France-Presse
Oct 16, 2023 12:01 am

Washington, United States: The bloody Middle East conflict triggered by a Hamas attack on Israel last weekend has sparked angry disputes at some of most prestigious universities in the United States, which are both training grounds for future American leaders and sometimes hotbeds of activism.

At Harvard, Stanford and New York University (NYU), bitter clashes involving students, professors and administrators have blown up into viral debates on social media, with echoes in the political and media worlds.

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