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. Folks do have a proper to protest legally, and few are casting all protesters as antisemitic. However the protests have been ceaselessly unlawful and antisemitic.
Op-ed article writers David N. Myers and Salam Al-Marayati downplay the amount of antisemitism expressed. Protests that supported Hamas started simply after the group killed about 1,200 folks in Israel and took many hostages on Oct. 7, 2023, earlier than any Israeli army 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 have been Zionists. They have 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 considerations me, is named the Holocaust, wherein 6 million Jews have 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 in opposition to the Vietnam Battle. They served bravely as a mandatory verify on unbridled governmental energy.
Think about residing in a society the place folks witness unrelenting killing, the displacement of hundreds of thousands of individuals and the destruction of faculties, hospitals and libraries, and they aren’t moved to object. I concern that we now reside in that society.
Wholesome protest is a vital characteristic of any true democracy. Myers and Al-Marayati eloquently describe the concern in the course of the Purple Scare that’s once more rearing its ugly head. The lack to distinguish between wholesome protest and true antisemitism “fails a fundamental check of discernment.” As our entry to data is jeopardized whereas our training system is underneath assault, essential pondering is not an aspiration.
The horrors of Oct. 7 are nonetheless uncooked and ever current, particularly as we witness a few of the hostages return to Israel. However till we really perceive that the destiny of the Israelis and the Palestinians are inextricably linked, we is not going to see an answer that each one folks deserve.
Annette Gottlieb, Los Angeles
