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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Students for Justice in Palestine Builds Support With In-Your-Face Push

http://forward.com/news/israel/308236/the-guerilla-political-warriors-on-campus/

Students for Justice in Palestine Builds Support With In-Your-Face Push

Nathan Guttman | The Jewish Daily Forward | May 20, 2015

For Jewish student groups, the increasingly contentious campus fight on behalf of Israel is one that takes place at established, centralized institutions like Hillel, with support and tutelage from deep-pocketed national groups. Its preferred mode of operation consists, for the most part, of friendly public information campaigns, earnest seminars and panel discussions, and welcoming luncheons and the occasional Sabbath dinner with guest speakers who receive generous honorariums.

But on campus after campus these days, this pro-Israel movement’s primary antagonist is a group whose make-up and tactics are almost the polar opposite.

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