The initial massacre by Hamas on Israel on October 7th, 2023 resulted in yet another Israel-Palestine war. The war has resulted in over 23,000 deaths, and a multitude of humanitarian crises. It has sparked a strong, passionate, yet divisive international response. In America, hundreds of protests and demonstrations took place. On college campuses specifically, intense reactions resulted in tense consequences. How has the war affected the Chapman student body specifically? Or its Jewish and Arab communities? How has the university responded and what do students think of it? For the past few months, Video and Podcast Editor Lisa Wong talked with students, professors and Chapman administration to answer some of these questions. 

Podcast timestamps: 

00:00 → Intro and Oct. 7, 2023 

12:10 → Sharing your perspective on war and it affecting your personal relationships

22:00 → Interview with Dean of Students Jerry Price: Controversy with pro-Israel and pro-Palestine posters and how Chapman administration responds to issues affecting the student body

30:13 → Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) teach-in, Wilkinson College’s Ask the Experts panel 

33:30 → How should a university and college campus respond to the Israel Palestine war? 

46:46 → Updates on the war as of Feb. 11, 2024 and where to go from here, as students? 

Humanitarian aid links: 

International Committee of the Red Cross 

Doctors Without Borders 

American Friends of the Parent Circle -- Families Forum

Created by Lisa Wong, Video & Podcast Editor