At Portland State, decision to place faculty member on leave over Hamas comments adds to charged campus climate

Portland State University President Ann Cudd’s decision to

open an investigation

into a faculty member who was captured on video self-identifying as a member of Hamas during a

recent demonstration

has magnified a

still-yawning divide

on the downtown campus over the conflict in the Middle East.

The issue burst into the spotlight there 13 months ago, when the school’s Millar Library was occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, who

holed up

inside the building for several days before Portland police removed them.

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