University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned | Mississippi

Dozens of students at the University of Mississippi gathered this week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel.There were hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters. The scene evoked memories of the resistance to the civil rights struggle in the US south six decades earlier.The counter-protesters included individuals waving American flags and Trump flags. At one point, they sang the American national anthem, drowning out the…