Pro-Palestinian demonstrators confront university police at the University of Chicago, as the univesity police removed an encampment of tents set up by pro-Palestinian protesters on May 7th. Photograph: Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times On a recent visit to Chicago, I was struck by the difference between the US and Ireland when it came to reactions to pro-Palestinian protest camps in universities. At the University of Chicago, (UChicago) the pro-Palestinian protesters flew the Palestinian flag from the central University flagpole. The University subsequently removed the halyard so that no flag could be flown. A group of students were outraged that...