After Israel-Gaza Conflict, Growing Anti-Semitism On US College Campuses

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The Israel-Gaza conflict that took place over the summer has had a ripple effect onto U.S. college campuses, with reported incidents of anti-Semitism there rising sharply after the war.

Neili Eggert, a junior at University of North Carolina Charlotte, has seen this firsthand. In September, three male students spit in her direction when she wore a “Stand With Israel” T-shirt; two weeks later, a female student told her to “burn in an oven” when she was sitting in the school’s student union. Eggert believes the woman was reacting to an Israeli flag sticker on her laptop. Others have called her a terrorist, an occupier, a woman-killer and baby-killer.

Eggert’s experience is not an isolated one. According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League published on Oct. 27, more than 90 anti-Israel events have taken place on U.S. college campuses so far this year, double what was reported during the same period last year. The acceleration came after “Operation Protective Edge,” as the Israeli government labeled it, the conflict between Israel and the radical Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli air attacks on Gaza, Palestinian rocket fire and ground combat killed more than 2,100 Palestinians and 66 Israeli soldiers between July 8 and Aug. 27.

The Charlotte incident took place out of the school’s security cameras' range. Since Eggert did not recognize the student, the college could not reprimand her under its Student Code of Conduct.

MORE: http://www.ibtimes.com/after-israel-gaza-conflict-growing-anti-semitism-us-college-campuses-1720882

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It sure wasn't limited to colleges.