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Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Lebanon on Tuesday to protest against Israel, the country’s first coordinated university protests over the war on Gaza, which participants said were inspired by sit-ins in the United States. Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding their universities boycott companies that do business in Israel. Rayyan Kilani, 21, who is graduating this semester from the 150-year-old American University of Beirut (AUB), said students had decided …

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