Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs Wednesday, braving rain and cold to demand the school release information related to the targeting and ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former SIPA student. Democracy Now! was at the protest and spoke to Jewish and Palestinian students calling on the school to reveal the extent of its involvement in Khalil’s arrest.

Jewish students chained themselves to gates at Columbia University Wednesday in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia student protest leader now in an ICE jail in Louisiana. On March 8th, federal agents detained Khalil at his university-owned apartment building, even though he’s a legal permanent resident of the United States. They revoked his green card.

  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    I thought zionism was a belief that Israel should exist.

    No, Zionism is the belief that all of the land should belong exclusively to Jews and that assimilation of other cultures is impossible.

    If you believe in a 2 state solution then you are anti zionist because you think Palestinians have a right to what Zionists consider exclusively Jewish land.

    therefore I’ve always taken anyone who says,"I’m not antisemetic, I just think Israel shouldn’t exist is a closet antisemite at best.

    If someone says Israel shouldn’t you’re right to hear that as suspect.

    But that’s not anti zionism.

    Like a smug dork saying,“I’m not Republican, I’m Libertarian!”

    Not sure I get the point. If the Republican votes for Donald Trump and the Libertarian votes for Gary Johnson that seems like an important distinction.

    Those aren’t semantics.

    I can say that I really think the current Israeli gov’t should be exiled on St. Helena and not allowed to leave or communicate forever, but that doesn’t mean I’m anti-zionist.

    That means you’re anti-zionist.

    Do you believe the current borders should expand in Israel’s favor to take more land, or remain where they are so Palestine keeps the land it currently has by international treaty.

    One answer is Zionist, the other is anti Zionist.

    People who are anti-zionist seem to only have a selective and limited knowledge of a few thousand years of the history of the area.

    With respect, you don’t even know what Zionism is and are basing your response from a dictionary entry.

    Do you have thousands of years of history of knowledge?

    If so, instead of the dictionary, how would Theodor Hertzl define Zionism?