Jewish students and leaders are not happy with Rutgers University's agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Pro-Palestinian student encampments were voluntarily taken down at Rutgers University -New Brunswick late last week after school leadership agreed to eight of the protesters' 10 demands.The deal included Rutgers accepting 10 Palestinian students displaced by the war in Gaza on scholarship and creating an Arab Cultural Center on campus by the start of the 2024 fall semester.
Rivka Schafer, who is also Jewish, said someone plastered a photo of them at a pro-Israeli rally at her dorm with the words 'Free Gaza' on it.'Someone had targeted me for my religion and my religious beliefs, where I lived, where I slept, and I just felt so incredibly unsafe,' Schafer said.Israeli student Yair Herskowitz said Oct. 7 was traumatizing and protesters aren't talking about that.
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