There are certain topics that are difficult to talk about on a show like this,

because there is truly no shared language.

The reaction to Israel's bombardment of Gaza and pursuit of Hamas is one of them.

When Hamas launched its terror attacks on Israel,

more than 1,200 people died, and more than 200 were taken hostage.

Now, after 200 days of war, Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed more than 34,000 Palestinians.

That's according to the Enclave's Health Ministry.

And the ministry doesn't distinguish between casualties among civilians and fighters, and CNN hasn't

independently confirmed them. But in the U.S., none of this is water cooler conversation. It's not

something that lends itself to glib partisan debate. And we see that as protests have boiled over

on college campuses, from Stanford to Vanderbilt,

to the physical clashes at UCLA, Arizona, Wisconsin, and of course, the police being called in at Columbia University.

Dozens and dozens of police officers with the wide helmets, with their batons, and with the flexicuffs, moving down 114 toward

Broadway now.

They just moved down this way.

In terms of demands, the students are more or less calling for the same thing.

They want their schools to sell off any investments they have in companies connected to Israel,

the war in Gaza, or the violation of international law in the occupation of the Palestinian territory.

And the language they're using at these demonstrations to make those calls for divestment

feels criticism that the entire movement is anti-Semitic.

All talk of anti-Semitism, I think, is a tactic meant to keep people afraid and try to ignore what we're saying.

Here's a Columbia University student talking with CNN Sarah Seidner.

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