Campus support for Israel, following the killings by Palestinian terrorists of 11 Israeli athletes in Munich Sept. 5, was “unmatched even at the time of the Six-Day War,” according to a study by the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation on the response at universities to the Munich massacre. Reporting the “deep concern” at a score of major universities across the country, the Hillel study noted that “the massive turnouts were particularly significant in light of the general campus mood of indifference to mass rallies and public demonstrations in support of any cause.” It also noted that most universities were not in session when the atrocity occurred.
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