Benjamin Netanyahu was given updates from the IDF concerning the possibility of a Hamas attack. He is responsible and also to blame for what happened on that Black Saturday. He failed in his most important duty, to ensure the security of Israelis.
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“These days Israeli citizens who are showing the slightest sentiment for the people of Gaza, opposing killing of innocent civilians, they are being politically persecuted, they go through public shaming, they lose their jobs, they are put in jail."
University presidents have been hounded by pro-Israeli, often Jewish trustees, to loudly and publicly condemn criticism of Zionism or Israel, and take additional measures to quash protest.
I know you will be greeted up above by your Palestinian and Israeli partners in activism, and the thousands of other victims of this pointless war.
For those interested in maintaining the status quo – in the Middle East and in our own country – the demand for a cease fire is threatening, because it means negotiation, and negotiations might call the existing status quo into question.
Speaking out against an ongoing, attempted genocide is not a crime, nor is it antisemitic.
By pursuing its current war with Hamas, Israel is working against the goal of preserving the nation state of Israel.
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