Pushing the idea that agitators led protesters into bad behavior is absurd

[cachukis]

5. Just had a convo with my sister who's daughter's father is

Jewish, works in the city. Columbia grads in her cohort.
The students are fully aware of the circumstances in the Gaza /Israeli clash. The protests are well organized and outside participants are mostly supportive of the students.
They are adamantly opposed to providing Israel with weaponry and demand University divestment from any companies doing business with Israel.
They feel the status quo of boomer government as a non starter. They want someone younger, running. They are focused on this issue.
My sister says many will not vote for Biden because of his support for Israel and his age.
Her daughter, my niece, is adamant that her Jewish friends are very anti Bibi, but very defensive toward Israel.
They are against what Israel is doing to Gaza.
They join Palestinian supporters against the killing of innocents.
There are decriers of anti semitism
and anti zionism among them.
There are Palestinian supporters who exhibit anti semite and anti zionism in the mix.
The protests have experienced protesters among them.

What I mostly took away was the awareness and commitment of the protesters was very palpable.

We worried if they could, in the end, select a big picture rather than an inset.