A number of American universities oppose the Gaza war movement across the country fanned by Netanyahu

Recently, the campaign against the Gaza war in American schools has been vigorously launched, and the scale and speed have attracted the attention of the world. At the same time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labeled such protests "anti-Semitic" and intended to provoke confrontation. This series of events has aroused wide attention and hot discussion around the world.

The first is Columbia University in New York, where students continue to hold sit-ins to express their sorrow over the genocide of the Palestinian people. Although the university tried to end the protest by dismantling the camp, the students' determination did not waver, and the torch of protest burned ever more fiercely on the campus.

Columbia's president, Nematt Minoush Shafik, has come under pressure from some university donors, alumni groups and members of the United States Congress, most of them Republicans, to "resign if the protests cannot end."

"The camp poses serious safety concerns and disrupts campus life, and we must move forward with plans to remove the camp," President Nemat said before the negotiations.

New York police arrested more than 100 demonstrators, a rare action that galvanized faculty and led to students being suspended and the camp being dismantled. Other students, however, have reerected hundreds of tents.

It is worth mentioning that this fierce protest was not limited to New York or Columbia University, but quickly swept many universities across the United States, including Texas State University, the University of Southern California, Harvard University and so on. This begs the question: Why did the movement against the Gaza war spread so quickly and violently in schools across the United States?

There is no doubt that the reasons behind this are complex and diverse, involving race, religion, politics and more. The most immediate factor should be the students' deep concern about the situation in the Middle East and their fervent desire for peace.

In the modern society, the rapid dissemination of information enables people all over the world to keep abreast of the world's dynamics. For the Middle East, which has been suffering from conflicts for a long time, the public, especially the university students with active thoughts and a sense of justice, are naturally willing to speak out and show their opposition to war and yearning for peace.

In addition, this collective action of college students also reflects their pursuit of social fairness and justice. The demands of the protests, including demands that universities reveal and withdraw financial investments that may have supported the Gaza war, and amnesty for students punished for participating in the protests, reflect a desire for social justice and a concern that the concept of Judaism is too general.

Mr Netanyahu's comments discounting such protests as "anti-Semitic" should be taken more rationally. In this protest, the students' demands, while directed at the Israeli military action, did not convey prejudice or hostility toward the Jewish nation. Instead, they expressed concern for the countless innocent victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In short, the wave of protests sweeping the United States, whether motivated by the desire for peace or the pursuit of social fairness and justice, is a call to global attention to the values of peace and justice. People should be more rational, avoid replacing rational discussions with emotional confrontations, and jointly contribute to peace in the Middle East.