To the editor: I actually don’t agree with most of President Trump’s govt orders, however the one on antisemitism on faculty campuses is spot-on. Individuals do have a proper to protest legally, and few are casting all protesters as antisemitic. However the protests had been regularly unlawful and antisemitic.
Op-ed article writers David N. Myers and Salam Al-Marayati downplay the quantity of antisemitism expressed. Protests that supported Hamas started simply after the group killed about 1,200 individuals in Israel and took many hostages on Oct. 7, 2023, earlier than any Israeli navy motion.
Jewish college students reported being threatened for simply being Jewish, not to mention for supporting Israel. Protesters demanded to know in the event that they had been Zionists. They had been denied free entry to their campuses.
The authors say that “this script has been tried earlier than,” in reference to the College of California loyalty oath of 1949. The script that has been tried earlier than, the one which issues me, is known as the Holocaust, during which 6 million Jews had been killed.
Extra regarding is the authors’ downplaying of the “river to the ocean” slogan. This actually means a complete wiping out of a rustic and the Jews who inhabit it. That is the definition of genocide, but the authors would have you ever imagine it’s only a chant.
Stuart Rubenstein, San Diego
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To the editor: I keep in mind being impressed by the younger nonviolent protesters towards the Vietnam Warfare. They served bravely as a crucial test on unbridled governmental energy.
Think about dwelling in a society the place individuals witness unrelenting killing, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of individuals and the destruction of faculties, hospitals and libraries, and they don’t seem to be moved to object. I worry that we now stay in that society.
Wholesome protest is a necessary function of any true democracy. Myers and Al-Marayati eloquently describe the worry in the course of the Crimson Scare that’s once more rearing its ugly head. The shortcoming to distinguish between wholesome protest and true antisemitism “fails a primary check of discernment.” As our entry to info is jeopardized whereas our schooling system is beneath assault, important considering is not an aspiration.
The horrors of Oct. 7 are nonetheless uncooked and ever current, particularly as we witness among the hostages return to Israel. However till we actually perceive that the destiny of the Israelis and the Palestinians are inextricably linked, we is not going to see an answer that each one individuals deserve.
Annette Gottlieb, Los Angeles
