The Dangerous Hypocrisy of Anti-Israel Campus Mobs

When Innocence is a Lie: The Dangerous Hypocrisy of Anti-Israel Campus Mobs

“The youth is the future,” they say.
“Children are innocent,” they claim.
We grow up being told that evil is taught, that hatred is learned — and that if left untouched, the human heart is pure. Is it?

I find myself doubting that more and more these days.

Yesterday, the University of Amsterdam was once again occupied — not by students seeking knowledge, peace, or justice — but by masked radicals, violent extremists masquerading as “students,” armed with bottles, sticks, and hatred. They vandalized property, hurled projectiles at law enforcement, and spread terror through threats to Jewish students, Zionist staff members, and anyone refusing to bow to their warped ideology.

And what are they protesting?
They’re protesting the so-called “occupation” of Gaza and Judea & Samaria (West Bank) by Israel.
They scream about “vicious” and “brutal” attacks by Israel, without ever pausing to reflect on who actually began this cycle of violence — on who turned Gaza into a launchpad for terror, or who systematically glorifies death and martyrdom to children barely old enough to walk.

The irony is as thick as it is tragic.
They decry ‘occupation’ while literally occupying a Dutch university, turning it into a battlefield and intimidating anyone who dares stand for Israel or for truth.
It would be laughable if it weren’t so sinister.

Israel — the only democracy in the Middle East, a country that contributes disproportionally to medical science, high-tech innovation, disaster relief, and environmental solutions — is vilified by mobs who know nothing of the region’s history, complexities, or context.
In medical technology alone, Israeli startups and hospitals have pioneered everything from breakthrough cancer treatments to life-saving surgical devices used worldwide.
And yet, these students — comfortable, safe, and utterly ignorant — violently disrupt universities in free countries to champion regimes and movements that would deny them every right they currently enjoy.

A comparison comes to mind:
When a dog becomes dangerous, we put it down, not because it was born evil, but because of the violence it was exposed to — the abuse it endured.
Human beings, on the other hand, seem to choose evil, even when surrounded by freedom, prosperity, and education.

That’s what chills me.
It isn’t poverty or desperation driving these campus rioters — it’s hatred, ignorance, and moral cowardice.
And while we’re told time and again to respect all opinions, this is no longer a matter of opinion.
When students behave like savage beasts, there can be no tolerance, no excuses, no blind acceptance.

I long ago lost faith in humanity’s innate goodness — and I struggle to understand those who still cling to the idea that “God is good” while the world remains so cruel.
If there were an almighty, benevolent power, how do we explain the Holocaust?
How do we explain 6 million Jews slaughtered in Nazi death camps while the world looked away?

The truth is, peace comes from education. From discipline. From courage to uphold facts over feelings.
We have to stop tolerating the intolerable.
Society must draw clear lines: you can disagree, you can debate — but you cannot riot, terrorize, and threaten in the name of a lie.

We must protect our universities, our streets, and our Jewish communities from these rising tides of hatred masquerading as activism.
The future belongs to those who build, not to those who destroy.

And if we are serious about peace — real, lasting peace — it starts with rejecting these mobs, confronting their lies, and standing unapologetically with Israel.

Always.