The crackdown against Palestinian solidarity in Israel has intensified, with activists and citizens facing arrests and firings for supporting Palestinians. Arab citizens are being targeted by Israeli security officials and even their own coworkers, threatening the social fabric of Israeli society. Critics of Israel's war on Gaza are also facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists. The atmosphere in the public sphere is becoming increasingly intimidating for Arab Israelis, with arrests, hearings, firings, and expulsions from academic programs. Israeli civil society organizations and human rights groups are working to protect Arab citizens from persecution. Calling for a cease-fire in Gaza has become a fireable offense, leading to comparisons with McCarthyism. The war in Gaza is sparking a debate on free speech in America.
‘It Feels Like the New McCarthyism’: How the Israel-Hamas War Is Redefining the Limits of Free Speech - POLITICO https://t.co/ym5TTq19t1
The war in Gaza has brought about a hard yet potentially constructive moment in America’s debate on free speech, reckons our columnist. Read why: https://t.co/bh3DK9GERx https://t.co/VVuzlC1Z1E
Calling for a cease-fire in Gaza has become a fireable offense. “It feels like the new McCarthyism,” said free speech expert Genevieve Lakier. A Q&A with Lakier on how the Israel-Hamas war is changing the boundaries of workplace and free expression👇 https://t.co/Q7i32AjEdr
Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence. https://t.co/fKC49CB717
Israeli civil society organizations and human rights groups are working around the clock to protect Arab citizens from what some are calling full-fledged persecution https://t.co/PMAAwS1sc5
Many Arab Israelis feel that the atmosphere in the public sphere is becoming increasingly intimidating. A wave of arrests, hearings, firings and expulsions from academic programs are threatening to tear apart Israel's delicate social fabric https://t.co/PMAAwS1sc5
Critics of Israel’s merciless war on Gaza are facing threats of government prosecution and blacklists or firings. In this neo-McCarthyist environment, anything pro-Palestine is being made to carry the whiff of bigotry or even incitement to violence. https://t.co/fKC49CAzbz
Arab citizens are being targeted by Israeli security officials and even by their own coworkers in a recent wave of incidents that threaten to tear apart the delicate fabric of Israeli society https://t.co/PMAAwS1sc5
In Israel, the crackdown against Palestinian solidarity is reaching grim new heights. Activists and ordinary citizens alike are getting fired and arrested for daring to say a word in support of Palestinians. https://t.co/pFbG00kSSy