Peter BrownOct 5, 2024
The New Republic
To recognize Palestinians are human has become a flashpoint, a red line to not be crossed in Washington discourse, an invitation to be tagged as an antisemite, whether by your cousin at a Passover seder or by a network morning news anchor on live national television.

https://trib.al/OESQGp2
The Appalling Attack on Ta-Nehisi Coates Is a Massive Media Failing

It is not antisemitic to defend Palestinian human rights. And it’s past time for more American Jews to say so to correct a media that’s lost the thread.

The New Republic
Oct 5, 2024 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadMark JacobsOct 5, 2024
I lost a few Israel-supporting friends for criticizing Zionism. For them the battlefield is ideological the same way the IDF uses indiscriminate, disproportionate force

It has me opposing ethnonationalism lately in all its forms: for the way it blinds people to reality and shuts down conversations with emotionally gripping propaganda
Show threadKevin LeecasterOct 6, 2024
@newrepublic
The mere suggestion that a democratic nation like Israel strives to be has a right to defend itself has become a flashpoint, a red line to not be crossed in polite discourse, an invitation to be tagged as a genocide supporter.