Another way to think about it, those schools you mentioned might not have contracts with the Israeli government which is one of the things students at Colombia are protesting.
UF has significant investments and contracts with Israel.
The school just did not tolerate the protests and had the police shut them down then kicked the arrested students out for 3 years.
That's an interesting point. In France students practically burned down the country and De Gaulle had to escape them. He held an election as a result and won decisively. The same is true for the Vietnam protests which effectively helped Nixon win (against those hippies).
These protests typically harm the cause and this is especially true for these protests. What would be the result?
Biden might lose and Trumps Israel policy would be pretty brutal.
Even in the short term, these protests are encouraging Hamas. As a result they're delaying the ceasefire. Israelis look at the protests as ignorant and antisemitic which is strengthening the Israeli right wing. All is the exact opposite of the two state solution goal.
