Rabbi urges Jewish students at Columbia to leave campus

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This brings up a question I have seen come up occasionally on this forum, and seems especially timely: where do Jewish voters go now?  On pretty much any other issue, they can be counted on to be stalwart Democrats, but with the party likely to become more sympathetic to the Palestinian cause as newer generations replace their elders (and perhaps with a greater Muslim influence), where does that leave the Jewish electorate?

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I am a Zionist, and deeply disagree with these protesters.  That said, does it not bother anyone outside the protest movement that the police and government officials are being a bit heavy-handed with them?  They have been overwhelmingly peaceful so far, so there is no reason for the gestapo-approach unless intimidation is the intention.  

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I am a Zionist, and deeply disagree with these protesters.  That said, does it not bother anyone outside the protest movement that the police and government officials are being a bit heavy-handed with them?  They have been overwhelmingly peaceful so far, so there is no reason for the gestapo-approach.  Unless you think the First Amendment is as 'outdated' as the 14th and the 2nd amendments.

This is definitely not a gestapo approach, but I would say that the only place where the police has been heavy-handed is Texas. These protestors are taking an occupation approach rife with harassment of their fellow students and are breaking plenty of laws. Penn seems to be taking the most professional, efficient response to them.

To present the broader context of my earlier post, we are fighting an existential battle for American democracy against Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.  This is not just another election.  I don't know about anyone else, but I take the threat he and his movement pose extremely seriously, so when I see how police react to Palestine protesters like their predecessors did against anti-Vietnam War protesters under LBJ's presidency, I feel like it undercuts the message we are trying to send to the American people.  As long as the protests are peaceful, leave them be.