The news, "Students Arrested in U.S. to Protest Israeli Attack on Gaza," is at the top of the headlines.

I wondered how many people know or remember that "50 years ago, students at universities all over Japan were fighting for almost the same background (Palestine vs. Israel) as this case.

The Columbia University protests seem like a "play" - 50 years ago, there was a massive, militant, and prolonged student occupation of universities in Japan under the banner of "anti-Israeli, solidarity with Palestine."

At the time, many universities had ceased functioning, all lectures had disappeared, and even entrance examinations had stopped.

I have not seen it happen (I was 20 years too late), but I happened to be in an environment where it was easy to know about such things.

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As far as I know, there is no news of Japanese universities or college students rioting because of "this Israeli military invasion of the Gaza Strip."

The protesters probably have experienced the "student activities" (?). (significantly older adults), and I have only heard glimpses of them.

Upon hearing this news, I have no comment on the lack of concrete protests by the Japanese youth and the Japanese people as a whole.

We are full of ourselves.

Other countries that, too, are out of our scope, such as wars and massacres caused by geopolitics and religion, which are difficult to even understand for us.

We were not taught in school about "Palestine vs. Israel" from the Exodus to the present day.

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I do not condemn anyone for their lack of interest in this issue, nor do I wish to be self-critical.

"Because Palestine and Israel are both other countries."

"Even if more than 13,000 children who had nothing to do with politics were murdered, and many more faced death by starvation and bombing, they would still be "strangers," wouldn't they?"

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However,? I think

"I guess students all over Japan 50 years ago couldn't just sit back and watch "it."