They have presented their cause in divisive ways. A violent mob with ties to Hamas? or peace campaigners working toward parity?
Amidst a cacophonous array of opinions and sounds, a young pupil took a seat beside me to engage in a dialogue.
21-year-old Aidan Doyle is a double major in philosophy and jazz at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
He was included in an encampment at the campus, which led to his early Thursday morning arrest.
Despite the fact that the police had not intervened in a pro-Israeli group’s attack on the protestors the day before, he told News he was surprised that so many student protesters had been arrested.
He declared that his detention had not stopped him.