Politicians are terrified of the protests, but they are even more terrified by the prospect that the protests could continue past the end of the school year, spilling over the bounds of the campus and into a long, hot, summer. It is the responsibility of anyone trying to stop this genocide to ensure that their nightmare becomes a reality.
Well I think it’s no doubt important politically and strategically for the US as an eventual way to try and take over Iran. But Israel is also a powerhouse headquarters for regional Western spy networks. The Mossad doing shit on behalf of the West is obviously huge, but having that sort of base to run your operations from for a variety of Western countries is critical to Western control over not just the Middle East but projecting power even farther Westward as well.