At SUNY New Paltz hundreds of students came out to protest the presence on campus of former IDF soldiers. Marching from the Student Union Building to the College Terrace, they chanted "Israel Is a Terrorist State," and "We Charge You with Genocide," and "SUNY Is Complicit in Israel's War Crimes."
Many members of the community marched in support of the students. We have to ask why SUNY wanted to provide a platform to mass murderers: to satisfy donors, maybe? Or trustees with ties to Israel? In any event, SUNY will have to allow Palestinian speakers to come to campus to set the record straight.