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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Israeli-Palestinian conflict on California college campuses

    According to Pew Research polling, far more Americans sympathize with Israel than with Palestinians. Young people, however, are far more likely to take the Palestinians’ side. In recent polling, a quarter said they don’t side with Israel, compared to just 10 percent a decade ago.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 31, 2016 • 1 min read

    According to Pew Research polling, far more Americans sympathize with Israel than with Palestinians. Young people, however, are far more likely to take the Palestinians’ side. In recent polling, a quarter said they don’t side with Israel, compared to just 10 percent a decade ago. As classes begin again, you can see that shift playing out on college campuses. Students are joining the BDS movement – Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions – and groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. Their participation in those groups has made some students the target of harassment. Press Play spoke with a UCLA student who found his name on a poster labeling him a “Jew Hater.”

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Trump’s whirlwind day with Mexico’s Peña Nieto, Arizona’s Joe Arpaio
    1. 0:30Why did Peña Nieto invite Trump to Mexico?
    2. 9:15Sheriff Joe Arpaio, under scrutiny for racial profiling, welcomes Trump to Arizona
    3. 16:11Why don’t California farm workers or domestic workers get overtime pay?
    4. 24:11Israeli-Palestinian conflict on California college campusesYou’re reading this
    5. 41:20The rise of improv and the mainstreaming of ‘yes, and’
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