Pro-Hamas protester rewarded with diploma by university
International Security Expert Max Abrahms discusses how he was targeted by a pro-Hamas protester just days after the October 7 massacre.
'The Hamas terrorist massacre happened on October 7 2023, and just three days after that, before Israel had a chance to respond … a guy came to my office area in the hallway and put into my hand a flier … a pro-resistance vigil,' Mr Abrahms told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
'I was basically just targeted because I am a Jewish professor.'
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