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24 August 2024 |Mahjubah MagazineCharles Ramsey, PhD-Associate Chaplain, Baylor University USAn analysis of American and European student support of PalestineStudent protests on university campuses in the United States and Europe mark a new day in the social consciousness of many in this generation. For those directly involved, and even for those who followed developments in the news and in social media, the experience engendered a heightened sense of being part of an interrelated global community. Social consciousness is closely associated with worldview transformation, and this causes one observer to gauge these demonstrations as highly significant, and as indicative of lasting changes taking place among the youth in Western societies. After more than seventy-five years of Israeli occupation, on October 7, 2023, the Palestinian resistance launch an operation against the Israeli regime. Over 200 Israelis were taken as captives and over a thousand killed, many by the Israeli regime itself.This was followed by an Israeli invasion of Gaza and a relentless and brutal offensive intended to eradicate the military capabilities of Hamas. To date 38,000 Palestinians have been killed, 86,000 injured, and more than 1.9 million displaced. Though many governments have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, the United States, Britain, and others in the NATO alliance have stood aside as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)