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Fear pitch
The Island
|April 08, 2025
My friend and I have been consumed with news of the arrests of legal residents in the US for their pro-Palestine views.
That in itself is not a crime. Hello freedom of speech — but the manner in which anything can be defined as antisemitic is hugely problematic. If anything antisemitism needs a new definition — one that safeguards the Jewish community for example, without trampling on everyone else’s rights to justice.
Antisemitism is increasingly being used as a political tool to squash dissent under the pretence of protecting minorities. Everyone but the Donald Trump administration — and Europe — can see through this. Yet, since the Hamas attack on Israel, we have seen an uptick in smear campaigns assailing anyone who dares criticise Israel. The lengths that vilification campaigns will go to, mind boggling, as the high-profile arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Romeysa Ozurik, Moneeb Zaidi and Yumeo Zhang prove. And we disrespect this is just the beginning — because Trump is a master fear-monger.
This story is from the April 08, 2025 edition of The Island.
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