As disturbing as I find most of the campus protests in favor of Hamas, what makes my heart ache the most is the videos that keep popping up showing students blockading buildings and campus entrances, preventing jews from entering.
The antiwar protests are objectionable because they are based on half-truths–the only sources of information that the protesters accept are Hamas itself and their propagandists–but peaceful protests against what people believe to be atrocities are in principle a good thing.
Vandalism, “occupations,” disturbances of the peace, and such are unacceptable–the idea that such behaviors in the United States will influence Israeli actions is quite the stretch. But putting up with annoying useful idiots is a part of life.
As much as the left denies it, the pro-Hamas movement is an antisemitic hate movement. Opposing the war need not…
