The heads of the universities made a decision to open the school year at two different times: at the end of December for all students and a special date for the reserve soldiers.

The Knesset heard a series of alarming reports on an increase in antisemitism on American campuses and against Jewish students.

A recent Harvard/Harris poll shows conflicted and conflicting views of younger Americans towards Jews and Israel, but overall more negative than older generations.

A poll shows widespread ignorance among Palestine-supporting students regarding basic facts about the conflict and their openness to changing their minds.

While efforts to boycott and excommunicate Israeli scholars and scholarship due to politics have been going on for decades, the current war has made things far worse.