Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC News Digital based in London.
Protests over Israel's assault on Gaza have rocked college campuses in the U.S. and drawn condemnation from Israeli leaders, but students in the Palestinian enclave say they are watching the demonstrations closely — and gaining renewed strength from their peers in America. 'I feel proud that there is a group of students who feel what we feel now — and are helping and supporting us,' said Reem Musa Suleiman Abu Shinar, who studied law before Oct. 7.
started at Columbia University in New York on April 17 with an encampment and student calls to end Israel’s assault on Gaza and for the college to divest from companies benefiting from the war. Since then, encampments have cropped up on campuses of at least 20 colleges from coast to coast, as well as at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and Sciences Po in Paris.
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