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Regarding the protests on U.S. colleges and universities nationwide, there are two things Pro-Palestinian activists can do

1. Stop proving the point people have that antisemitism is a problem within the movement. And yes I know that there are Jewish students in the Pro-Palestinian movement showing their solidarity for Gaza who say they haven't been mistreated but that doesn't make the situation any better. From students or even non students (as their faces are hidden), threatening Jewish students with many more October 7ths while ironically calling them "Nazi B*tches", to them being ridiculed, harassed, and even blamed for a war/conflict they have no control over that's in the middle east, students who are apart of the Pro-Palestinian movement should reflect on if antisemitism is something they truly support and excluding those who go out of their way to target their Jewish peers.

2. Realize that sympathizing with Hamas gets them nowhere. Whether you accept it or not, what Hamas did was horrific, how Hamas treats its own civilians is horrific, from some of these activists chanting "Hamas We love you. We support your rockets to" or yelling "We are all Hamas" to passerbys doesn't help their cause. It's a question of, do you want Palestine to truly be free or do you want Hamas to continue being a nuance?
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
I agree with your points that glorifying Hamas for its brutal Oct 7 attack largely on civilians, and its history of indiscriminate missile attacks on civilian communities, serves no purpose other than provide fodder for the pro-Israel defenders. But characterizing it as antisemitism is just as misleading and dysfunctional, imho. It's not racial, as they are both semitic people. And while religious differences may be at the root, they are both Abrahamic religions tracing their religions back to the same founders. The real issues are the brutal Israeli blockading of the Gaza strip for years (allegedly to stop armament shipments but also keeping out food and supplies for the civilian economy that only breeds support for Hamas) in addition to Israel's resistance to ever reaching agreement on a true one-state democracy as the UN declaration intended or the two-state solution with a Palestinian state in the occupied territories that Israel keeps building Jewish settlements in. Those are secular, national issues. To cloak it under antisemitism is as misleading as the Nazi's cloaking the Holocaust under some idea of racial evolution and superiority, imho, and only serves to keep the conflicts going ad nauseum. From both sides. They both need to be taken out behind the woodshed like two squabbling brats rather than having yet more firepower given to each by the nations that created the mess in the first place.
Oh look, a nazi shows themselves
trollslayer · 46-50, M