As far as I can tell, Khalil has still not been charged & his attorney/family still don’t know where he is. Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law. - ThreadSky

amyspitalnick.bsky.social • 15 days ago

As far as I can tell, Khalil has still not been charged & his attorney/family still don’t know where he is.

Any Jew who thinks this is going to start and stop with a few Palestinian activists is fooling themselves. Our community should not be used as an excuse to upend democracy & the rule of law.

Reposted from Amy Spitalnick

The Trump admin is exploiting real concerns about antisemitism to undercut democracy: from gutting education funding to deporting students to attacking diversity, equity, & inclusion.

As we’ve repeatedly said: this makes Jews - & so many others - less safe.

jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/jcpa-re...

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amyspitalnick.bsky.social•15 days ago

Again: what is he being charged with?

As we said the other week, everyone in the United States has basic due process rights, and when we start applying them selectively we don’t only threaten our values – we ultimately threaten our safety too. https://jewishpublicaffairs.org/news/jcpa-responds-to-trump-administrations-executive-order-on-antisemitism/

amyspitalnick.bsky.social•15 days ago

bhimrul.bsky.social•15 days ago

Don't pretend that you care about Khalil’s fate. As liberal zionists, you are complicit in the dehumanization and demonization of Palestinians who are fighting for the liberation of their land from settlers who do not belong there. We got here because you normalized zionism.

refrankel.bsky.social•15 days ago

People should keep in mind the fact that Jews were not the first group Hitler sent to the concentration camps. That was the Communists. But most people didn’t mind because they didn’t like Communists. Like Hitler, Trump is starting with “easy” targets. But he _will_ move on if there’s no resistance.

blueinmo1957.bsky.social•15 days ago

The disabled, gay and mentally challenged too were some of the first.

50,000,000 people in WW2
20 million in China 24 million in Russia.
USA 418,500

But here we are 80 years later and Jews act like they were the only ones to die in WW2

Deaths by Country
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war

sidsel-a.bsky.social•15 days ago

Excellent point! Soon we’ll be the frogs in boiling water as we currently tolerate the warm water

mmidd.bsky.social•14 days ago

As much as I don’t like Khalil, it’s sets a dangerous precedent.

rjhall.bsky.social•15 days ago

I still think we are going to see yellow stars - for Palestinians, undocumented immigrants, ………..

jemiaj.bsky.social•15 days ago

...and for people they consider liberals. They've already, publicly, called political opponents "vermin." Which is what senior politicians in the Rwandan government started calling certain Rwandans shortly before the country descended into genocidal civil war.

mimienyc.bsky.social•15 days ago

Respectfully, he wasn’t a “Palestinian activist”. He was a Hamas supporter and was aiding a designated terror group.

As much as I hate Trump, Hamas supporters should not feel emboldened in our country.

antifavictim.bsky.social•15 days ago

suburbsubversive.bsky.social•15 days ago

Where are you finding that? I have not found anything supporting your claim. He’s Palestinian, he’s against the genocide. You don’t have to be pro hamas to be pro Palestinian.

mimienyc.bsky.social•15 days ago

There is no genocide. Stop cheapening the word and spreading pro-Hamas propaganda. Those barbarians sacrifice their own children just so idiots like you in the west spread their pro-Hamas propaganda. Get off TikTok. It’s fried your brain.

sciencesue2.bsky.social•15 days ago

Exactly. You also don't have to be pro Netanyahu/his right wing government to be pro Israel's existence.

mimienyc.bsky.social•15 days ago

No not “exactly”. There was NEVER a fucking genocide. Spreading these lies is dangerous. Why does the fucking far left go out of their way to defend islamo fascists like Hamas & their ilk? Are you all mentally ill ? Do you have any idea how much they hate you??? 😂😂😂

sciencesue2.bsky.social•15 days ago

Hey - I never mentioned a genocide and agree with some of your points (Hamas is as responsible for the deaths of the Palestinian people as is the Israeli government) but wrong is wrong! Unless this individual has been charged with a crime, he is legally in the US.

mimienyc.bsky.social•15 days ago

You said exactly to a post that accused Israel of a genocide. Maybe read the post before you answer exactly to it? Unless that’s what you believe. In that case, yeah, you’re wrong.

sciencesue2.bsky.social•15 days ago

It still needs to be proven that he was aiding Hamas. Although I may not agree with what he says, he still has the right to say it.

bhimrul.bsky.social•15 days ago

We have no interest in you pontificating about the rule of law when you continue to support an illegal apartheid regime committing genocide. You and AOC can go fuck off.

poivrotfarci.bsky.social•15 days ago

Meanwhile, white supremacists in the US get police escorts when they protest.

willowminder.bsky.social•15 days ago

Not outside the realm of possibility that this eventually results in "emigration to Israel encouragement!"

techno-oenophile.bsky.social•15 days ago

They won't stop there, all citizens are in danger from Long Con Teflon Don and Project 2025. They go after institutions then muzzle lawyers/universities and then take citizens with no due proces. SILENCE will be our doom.

wallydad.bsky.social•15 days ago

I hear an echo.
Into the abyss.

bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social•15 days ago

The administration is using their claims of anti-Semitism in order to further their own anti-Islamic bigotry

lapisbluenote.bsky.social•15 days ago

No one is immune from this. It starts with one, and ends with many.

chuckell.bsky.social•15 days ago

The only reason Trump supporters care about Jews and Israel at all is because they believe Jews-something-something-Holy Land-Rapture, and if that last bit doesn't come fast enough they will start trying to force the issue, like by demanding all Jews be deported to the Middle East or something.

katea77.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yep, my brother-in-law and his family absolutely believe this and are upset my husband is not going to be lifted up to heaven when it happens. They were apoplectic when we went to an anti-genocide protest.

bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social•15 days ago

I think it's simpler: they hate Muslims, so claiming to care about Jews whitewashes anti-Muslim actions.

chuckell.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yeah, I can see that. It's a twofer for them.

slopie.bsky.social•15 days ago

Trump hates Jews.And Blacks.And Muslims.And Latinx.And Trans and Gays and Asians and Drag Queens and Veterans and the Disabled and the poor and his voters.

sidsel-a.bsky.social•15 days ago

Where are the Arab Americans for Trump these days??

tgoet.bsky.social•15 days ago

ADL seems to be ok with it.

exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social•15 days ago

ADL seems to be HAPPY with it. Overjoyed, even.

brodskyigorlab.bsky.social•14 days ago

💯💯

mikedeey.bsky.social•15 days ago

Trump is, of course, an anti-Semite.

keikiokaaina.bsky.social•15 days ago

100 %

frankied8.bsky.social•15 days ago

The possibility for this to happen would have been very low if the US signed the "Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance" when it was due. The US not being in a lot of international human rights treaties is a big issue.