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Which is a microcosm of the answer to the question “why aren’t more Jewish people speaking up against the War in Gaza?”

From what I’ve observed: those who are outraged mostly don’t dare speak up, because they will be punished by both sides, by the Israel lobby for daring hint that Palestinians might have a point, and by the worst on the pro-Palestinian side for being Jewish. Even if most on the pro-Palestinian side wouldn’t actually do that, there are enough reports of increasing hate speech for Jewish anti-war people to be super extra careful. They’re somewhere between cautious and terrified that if they say something even as anodyne as “I think the IDF has gone a bit far”, that neither side will protect them from the other.

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