The issue is never the issue.

I assume that some do care about the Palestinian people. What percentage of them care? I don't know that either but I do know better than to paint them all with the same brush.

are especially repulsive to me.

In my mind they are moving in the direction of pet dog killers.

I am not making excuses for them, I just think that we ought to be careful in assuming their motivations. Plus, people sometimes do stupid things in groups when there is high cohesiveness, persuasive communication, and emotional contagion.

When I was in college and in army ROTC, a few students on campus called us babykillers to our faces. Now this was a good 12 years after the U.S. left Vietnam. I remember telling one of the students that I hadn't even been deployed to a combat area yet. The point is that I realized that these few students don't speak for the entire student body.

Especially the first one.

First, raise funds for organizations actively helping Gazans, like Save the Children, Gisha or International Rescue Committee. That may seem discouragingly modest but it will help real people in desperate need. (I tend to favor World Central Kitchen.)

Second, this may sound zany, but how about raising money to send as many of your student leaders as possible this summer to live in the West Bank and learn from Palestinians there (while engaging with Israelis on the way in or out)? West Bank monitors say that a recent Israeli crackdown on foreigners helping Palestinians, by denying entry or deporting people, has made this more difficult but not impossible.