Israel and the Palestinians are at war. Currently Russia and the Ukraine are at war. I believe there are many who feel free to demonstrate in favor of Ukraine. How is that different from demonstrating in favor of Palestine?
In a free country, like the United States, demonstrating for people to understand the Palestinian cause is not necessarily anti-semitic. In fact – (I know you’ll tell me if I’m wrong) – most Palestinians are also semites.
Does the story of its founding forever protect the Israeli government from protests against its actions just by defining them as anti-semitic? I don’t think it should. And I don’t think students should be punished for demonstrating for a cause they support.
And I think something else is going on when demonstrators who are not necessarily anti-semitic in their actions are accused of being anti-semitic by those who do reveal their own anti-semitism when they oppose diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of our national goal. In other words, I think just making a big news thing about anti-semitism is intentional promotion of the very thing it pretends to oppose.
I don’t have anywhere near full knowledge of what was going on at Harvard, but I do think what the President is doing in protesting so-called anti-semitism there is actually promoting anti-semitism.
Please, my Jewish friends, help me out here. Am I getting it right?
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