Some Jewish students see the protests as inherently antisemitic. Others say Jewish history and values make them empathize with Palestinians.
Ikram Mohamed
Ikram Mohamed was a 2024 reporting fellow during her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied journalism and sociology and worked at her campus newspaper, The Daily Texan. She previously interned with the Austin Chronicle, Texas Observer and Texas Monthly.
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