(Washington Post) Laura Meckler - While campuses are far calmer and quieter this fall, at some schools much of the protest language has grown darker, celebrating the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, echoing language used by Hamas and declaring, "Glory to the resistance!" On Instagram, the Swarthmore College Students for Justice in Palestine chapter called Oct. 7 a "glorious day" and declared: "Happy October 7th everyone!" On its Telegram channel, Columbia University Apartheid Divest has praised and posted quotes and photos from Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks who was killed by Israeli forces.
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