<story><title>The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/palestine-social-media-silence/2</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ozzie_osman</author><text>The sad part is that you can get called an anti-Semite (or self-hating Jew) for expressing any sort of solidarity with Palestinians. The &lt;i&gt;sadder&lt;/i&gt; part is that actual anti-Semites then jump in and use that situation to further their agenda.</text></item><item><author>werber</author><text>As an American Jew who grew up with a distorted and racist world view in regard to Palestine this just feels like history repeating itself. The troubles that face Israelis have always been amplified over those of Palestinians in my experience. That control of the narrative led me to be actively racist for most of my life while thinking I was not and also morally superior. This kind of censorship has a body count, and it lets war crimes happen in clear view while the on lookers think they are doing the right thing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwaway894345</author><text>I’ve not run into this very much. I’ve had very good luck advocating against antisemitism while also advocating against Israeli settlement policies. I think by advocating against antisemitism I demonstrate that I’m actually committed to justice. It seems when people are accused of antisemitism they are often not only criticizing settlement policies but also advocating for the destruction of Israel and are generally silent on Jewish persecution.</text></comment>
<story><title>The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/palestine-social-media-silence/2</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ozzie_osman</author><text>The sad part is that you can get called an anti-Semite (or self-hating Jew) for expressing any sort of solidarity with Palestinians. The &lt;i&gt;sadder&lt;/i&gt; part is that actual anti-Semites then jump in and use that situation to further their agenda.</text></item><item><author>werber</author><text>As an American Jew who grew up with a distorted and racist world view in regard to Palestine this just feels like history repeating itself. The troubles that face Israelis have always been amplified over those of Palestinians in my experience. That control of the narrative led me to be actively racist for most of my life while thinking I was not and also morally superior. This kind of censorship has a body count, and it lets war crimes happen in clear view while the on lookers think they are doing the right thing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>werber</author><text>I’ve been ostracized by my family, which I think is much worse.</text></comment>