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Matzav.com reported that a nationwide survey released by the Buckley Institute found that 22% of American college students believed the United States deserved the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The reported finding concerns American college students’ views of the September 11 attacks, according to the Matzav.com report. The 22% figure represents the share described in that report as holding that the United States deserved the attacks.

Matzav.com published its report on November 11, 2026, according to the supplied publication record. The record identifies the Buckley Institute as the institution behind the survey but does not establish when the survey itself was conducted or released.

The supplied material does not provide the survey’s sample size, methodology, field dates or exact question wording. The finding is reported by a single source and is not independently corroborated in the available evidence, limiting what can be concluded about the result’s representativeness.

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  1. Matzav.comDISTURBING CAMPUS VIEWS: More Than One in Five College Students Say America Deserved 9/11 Terror Attacks