Where was the indignation over hostages, Israeli casualties?
I understand and appreciate the severity of the tragedy that has been inflicted on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, but I wonder whether those who are now displaying their rage over what has taken place felt any indignation and wrath when 1,200 Israeli citizens were murdered and hundreds of hostages taken by Hamas.
Did the deaths of men, women, children, and infants: the rapes and burning alive of many, stir the conscience, or was it accepted because it was citizens of Israel who were brutalized? Did those who today demand divestment from Israel ever call for Hamas to lay down its arms, to end an existence which is based on the goal of wiping Israel off the map and killing Jews, and to release Israeli hostages?
I believe in the right to peaceful protest, including on college campuses, but when peaceful protest devolves into vandalism, taking over a building and shutting down an educational institution, the authorities must act to restore order.
Oren Spiegler
Peters