I don’t care that this was technically vandalism. The statements and sentiments expressed on Cross Campus are and should be protected free speech. If those vague comments were all that was written that day, this wouldn’t be a big issue.

But “Intifada” and “IDF Die” is where the line should be drawn. Support for the Intifada should be treated as support for terrorism and a threat to student, campus, and national security. It should not be tolerated or excused as “just criticism of Israel.” It is far more sinister than that, regardless of the activists’ intentions.

For a student who doesn’t quite understand the history of the Palestinian Intifadas, all they might understand is that it was simply an uprising against Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. This is a convenient half-truth and lie by omission.

The first and second Intifadas were a series of terrorist attacks throughout Israel and the West Bank committed by members of terrorist organizations and civilian affiliates which........

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