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Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):
ramin_hal9001@emacs.ch ("Ramin Honary") wrote:
> "There are plenty of things to legitimately criticize when it comes to current U.S. policy on Gaza, but don't make false equivalencies."
> "I'm frustrated with Biden oftentimes but he did say that he supports peaceful protests and that's free speech."
@reignstorm @JohannasGarden @argv_minus_one Even after the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) has stated clearly that there is more than enough evidence that the state of Israel is "plausibly" committing genocide, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague have stated that this evidence can be used to proceed with a criminal trial against Israel (Netanyahu), in spite of this overwhelming evidence Biden continues equate anti-genocide protests with antisemitism, while congress has passed a bill broadening the official definition of antisemitism to include any criticism "targeting the state of Israel conceived as Jewish collectively," which is likely to face more academics and students with more severe legal consequences for protesting against genocide, a bill most likely to sail through congress and be ratified by Biden. Further, the Biden administration responded to the Hague by issuing sanctions against the ICC.
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-condemns-antisemitic-protests-palestine-columbia-university/
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/07/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-u-s-holocaust-memorial-museums-annual-days-of-remembrance-ceremony/
- https://www.commondreams.org/news/jewish-students-support-gaza
So it is not an exaggeration, nor is it a false equivalence between Democrats and Republicans, when I say as a matter of fact, cracking down on anit-genocide protesters, and generally flouting the rule of international law regarding crimes against humanity, has widespread bipartisan support, including from president Biden.