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‘I was happy they still stand beside us’: Palestinians in Rafah on US campus protests
Word of the demonstrations that have spread across the west has cheered some in Gaza’s southernmost city
In the tented camps and crowded streets of Rafah, the pro-Palestine campus protests in the US have been followed closely.
“We hear a lot of news about students’ demonstrations in American universities … When I saw that, I was very happy that there are still those who stand beside us and in support of us,” said Nevin Abu Shahma, 39, who fled to Rafah from northern Gaza early in the war.
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