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I find it a bit amusing that you pulled the quote from a pro-Israel source. Anyhow, they’re an organization, and the organization has clearly laid out its goals, regardless of what individuals say.</p>
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Excuse me? I have nothing against Jews. A life is a life. That’s the point. I didn’t even make any specific mentions about the wall.</p>
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Almost the entire world acknowledges the crimes Israel commits against the Palestinians. There’s active apartheid going on, and innocent Palestinians have been killed. The number of innocent Palestinian deaths are far greater then those of innocent Israelis. Not to mention the illegal settlements. I don’t call this trying to make peace.
Let me be clear. I am by no means saying that the Israeli deaths are somehow less significant then the Palestinian ones. They aren’t. But there are a lot more Palestinian ones.
If practically the whole world acknowledges that the state of Israel is the perpetrator of crimes here, isn’t that enough to signal that something is off with the picture of Israel being so innocent? If it wasn’t for the US, the UN would have take much greater action long ago. Look at reports from Amnesty International and Avaaz (both organizations dedicated to human rights and not affiliated with political positions).</p>
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It’s not about Arabs, it’s about Palestinians. There is a difference between the two.</p>
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The issue doesn’t seem to be about general discussion on campus, but about Jews on campus feeling that they’re being excluded from Hillel- the primary Jewish organization- if they hold certain viewpoints.</p>