How to confront antisemitism, deal with protests — and respect free speech

Many students and others in and around college campuses — including before the recent wave of demonstrations — have peacefully exercised their right to oppose what they consider Israel’s wrongful conduct in Gaza, as well as U.S. support for the Jewish state. Like many Americans, they find the terrible human costs of the Israel Defense Forces’ response to the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre — more than 34,000 mostly civilian Palestinians dead, destroyed infrastructure, mass displacement and a humanitarian crisis — militarily and morally unjustified.