I kind of understand how the 2nd point, "shut down a major thoroughfare.”, would lead to your conclusion, "seems fine", but I fail to understand what the 1st point has anything to do with it.
Could you please help me understand? In the article, the protestors are labeled as "anti-war" protestors, and even though the specific war they are protesting involves Israel, I would not necessarily label them as "anti-Israel".
Sorry, that was a bit steam of consciousness. The first point was just something I thought was interesting and surprising. Didn’t have much to do with my conclusion that locking them up seems fine.
Anti current Israeli government and specific policies. Not anti-Israel. Big difference that is missed in a lot of the other protests.