Protests [on Israeli/Palestinian conflict] at Pomona, Pitzer, Claremonts among Strongest in Decades — LA Times Article

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These excerpts partly represent the contrasting positions covered in the article:

Protesters Thursday gathered outside the Honnold/Mudd Library on campus of the Claremont Colleges, many wearing face masks, sunglasses and keffiyahs or other head-coverings to disguise their identities, some banging on pots and pans while others held signs that read “stop funding genocide,” and “stop the repression of pro-Palestinian voices.”

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The ongoing protests have elevated fears among some Jewish students who say the college has become an unwelcome place.

“Are student activists exporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a small town in California? How will that help bring about just peace in a land thousands of miles away?” said Bethany Slater, the director of the local Hillel, who said she has fielded calls and emails from distraught Jewish students.