>wall of text I think it's simpler than that. Stupid virtue signaling liberals stepped up to protest because they want to be on the side of a marginalized group, blah blah blah. Those useful idiots get arrested to negatively reinforce the idea that israel should be considered bad guys. Arrest them and the other normies will fall in line. No need to setup a full FF if you have useful idiots who will do the job that would normally require agent provocateurs.