It's no surprise that police officers have forcefully removed peaceful pro-Palestinian student demonstrators. The organized sit-ins at many major European universities, protesting the support of their countries for the Israeli assault on Gaza, were met with similar resistance in America. Hats off to these brave young people who are honoring Europe's centuries-old tradition of standing up to the evils of the day.
It's reasonable that many of the European students trying to replicate college campus protests that have rocked the US do genuinely care for the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, as Hamas uses them as human shields. However, many other protesters have outrageously praised the terror group behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel — antisemitism has yet again found a home on the left.