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In reply to the discussion: USC says it's canceling pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speech over security concerns [View all]wnylib
(21,818 posts)further misunderstandings and ridiculous support for terrorism. It's not that I don't care about the dire situation of Palestinians. I care very much about them.
I have no admiration for Netanyahu and the RWers who are aligned with him. I also believe that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are an illegal encroachment on Palestinian land and should never have been allowed.
But, like Biden, I have an ironclad support for Israel's right to nationhood and self defense. I also support the right of Palestinians to have their own independent state.
Disinformation that inflames anger, hatred, and terrorism prevents rational negotiations that would achieve peace for both sides and improve the lives of Palestinians in a nation of their own. So I have to question how much the anti Israel flamethrowers really care about Palestinians and how much of their rhetoric is based on anti-Semitism instead of genuine concern for Palestinian people.
I am appalled by the amount of anti-Semitism on the left that gets in the way of rational discussions for real solutions. Instead of looking into the political and cultural complexities in the region and the outside actors in other nations that are influencing and continuing the violence, I have seen and heard people on the left fall back on anti-Semitic tropes as old as the Middle Ages.