US college campuses have embraced the Palestinian cause like never before. The story began six decades ago

Even before the current war between Israel and Hamas spurred an unprecedented wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, “Free Palestine” had become a rallying cry of student activists, many of whom roundly condemned Israel as a “settler colonialist” state.

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