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University Leaders Say "Organized Networks," including Iran, Drove Anti-Israel Campus Unrest
(Washington Free Beacon) Alana Goodman - Several leaders of prominent universities on Monday said they believe the anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations on U.S. campuses during Israel's war against Hamas were not organic. Instead, they believe "organized networks," and even foreign governments, may have driven the unrest. Syracuse University chancellor Kent Syverud said, "I really believe [the demonstrations] were encouraged from Iran. It did not have the involvement of very many - if any - of our own students." Former director of national intelligence Avril Haines announced in July 2024 that the Iranian government encouraged the demonstrations and provided financial support to protesters.