Editorial: Northwestern deserves credit for ending an encampment without resorting to force

Activists hug after Northwestern University officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting against Israel-Hamas war, April 29, 2024, in Evanston. The deal comes five days after demonstrators established an encampment in Deering Meadow, a popular common area on the Evanston campus.

A person walks near tents after Northwestern University officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting against Israel-Hamas war, April 29, 2024, in Evanston. Students and activists rally outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University, April 28, 2024, in Evanston.

Students and activists rally at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University, April 28, 2024, in Evanston. A person wheels a child inside an a pro-Palestinian encampment at Deering Meadow at Northwestern University, in Evanston on April 26, 2024. The Palestinian flag is seen attached to a tent as Northwestern students continue their pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University’s Deering Meadow in Evanston on April 25, 2024.

Northwestern University students and community members form an encampment on campus in Deering Meadow on April 25, 2024, in Evanston. They say they will occupy the area until Northwestern stops supporting Israel's actions in Gaza and meets several student demands. Northwestern University students and community members drag a tent into the encampment on campus in Deering Meadow on April 25, 2024, in Evanston.

Like many of the Jewish alumni of Northwestern, we share these worries. Our support for Israel’s right to defend itself and secure its future in the region following Hamas’ evil and barbarous attack of Oct. 7 has been unwavering and continues, even as we long for an end to the loss of life in Gaza. We’ve seen no similar reasonableness displayed by Hamas so far in this awful conflict — one that Hamas started, it bears repeating, given how many anti-Israeli demonstrators fail to acknowledge it — so we’re not holding our breath that a breakthrough is imminent.

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