My simple answer when confronted threateningly with, "I'm Jewish!" as a way to indicate that those who stand with Palestine are their "natural/mortal enemy" is to ask, "So what?

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My simple answer when confronted threateningly with, "I'm Jewish!" as a way to indicate that those who stand with Palestine are their "natural/mortal enemy" is to ask, "So what? That does not make me your enemy."

Being Jewish does not make you pro-Israel, or pro-genocide, or a hater of Arabs. I would know very little about what is going on in Gaza, Palestine, and south Lebanon if it weren't for Jews who have spoken out about it, and have sought to educate the world on these horrors which are very close to them and important to them. Of course you are silencing Jews if you silence human rights movements and protests for Palestine.

It's like specifically targeting left-wing Alberta residents to ban them from protesting at the Alberta legislature or talking about Alberta politics, then saying there's no discrimination because real Albertans are conservatives, not progressives. I have heard many similarily claim that Jews who stand by Palestine "are not real Jews", erasing their identity and their voice because their politics don't match the speaker's. That's antisemitic.

"Rabbi Gluck: banning pro-Palestinian marches would violate the fundamental rights of the Jewish community
Rabbi Herschel Gluck, president of Shomrim — the leading Jewish neighbourhood watch organisation in northeast London — and a promoter of interfaith dialogue, has stated that pro-Palestinian marches have a proportionally higher Jewish participation than any other group in the United Kingdom.

In recent statements, Gluck argued that a blanket ban on these protests would constitute “a real antisemitic attack against the British Jewish community”, as it would silence the voices of a significant sector of Jews who are exercising their right to demonstrate.
The rabbi, who is directly responsible for community security in an area with a high risk of incidents, rejected linking peaceful marches with the rise in antisemitic violence and criticised the political use of Jewish suffering to justify restrictions.

His position aligns with international law standards: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 21) and the European Convention on Human Rights (Article 11) protect the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, except in cases of specific and proportionate risks.

Gluck emphasises that ignoring the internal diversity of the Jewish community undermines precisely these principles."

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