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Freedom of speech can’t mean that Hamas supporters threaten Jews – The Jerusalem Post

The scenes are becoming as familiar as the images of war themselves.

Around the globe, hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have taken to the streets of major cities, shouting slogans that, at best, call for an immediate Israeli ceasefire in its actions in Gaza and often include the Palestinian mantra, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free, and an assortment of antisemitic chants.

Members of the liberal Left often join in these rallies, waving Palestinian flags and wrapping themselves in keffiyehs. Identifying themselves as the guardians of democratic and humane values, these are today s useful idiots.

The mass demonstrations never call for Hamas to stop firing rockets at Israelis and never plead for the immediate release of the captives abducted by Hamas and being held captive in Gaza the two steps that Hamas could take to bring about a ceasefire. 

What they do is call for the destruction of the Jewish state, the State of Israel. The chants aren t against the nonexistent genocide in Gaza but for the genocide of Israel.

via www.jpost.com