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I'm only suggesting that I'd like to hear the other side of the story before drawing any definite conclusions. I admit it doesn't sound like anything could justify what was done, but it would be interesting to hear why the other side says they did this.

I suggest you report the incident to the mall's security department and give them the paper.

In the USA, no one should face penalties for antisemitism or any expression of dislike or disapproval of any group of people. That's a right to free speech we have in the First Amendment. If someone is breaking a rule or law while expressing their opinions, like disrupting a class or blocking entrance to a building, they can face penalties for that. However, the reason they are breaking the rules or laws should not be considered. I am not a legal expert, and this is just my opinion as a citizen of the USA.

It would be interesting to hear the other side of this story...

"Us" includes me. I've been a US citizen (not "America") for 79 years. We have been generous from time to time, but now, under Trump, we think only of ourselves and will not help anyone else unless we're compensated financially or politically to do so.

I don't categorize religious beliefs any differently than any other belief system. I would not SUPPORT the far right (or anyone else) if they verbally abused Muslims (or Jews/Christians/Buddhists/Blacks/Whites/Asians/transsexuals, etc.) anywhere. I would not, however, believe that sort of free speech should be made illegal or carry any punishment.

If by "attacking" you mean physical violence, I agree with you. But, if by "attacking" you mean verbally, in writing, or demonstrating, I don't agree with you.

The above is true, but so have the people who are now called Muslims, Arabs, or Palestinians. Before the division of Palestine into Jewish and Palestinian parts, Jews only made up about 5% of the population. Muslims made up 85%. Census Group Population Percentage Muslim 403,795 85.5 Christian 43,659 9.2 Jewish 15,001 3.2 Jewish (Foreign-born) Est. 10,000 2.1 Total: 472,455 100.0 Source: Demographics of Historic Palestine prior to 1948 - CJPME - English

If what you say above is true, then I agree. However, you'd have to be very careful about what you describe as "illegal protests." I agree that the "illegal" parts of the protest should be stopped and punished, but the other parts should not. However, as in other protests, some protesters believe their obligation to speak out and cause disruption is more important than the punishment they might receive. And the anti-Jewish protests and "attacks" on Jews on campuses would probably cease if the anti-Muslim/Arab/Palestinian attacks by Isreal in Gaza and the West Bank would stop.

I support what Al Green did, but I also believe he should be censored. Many protest movements break the law or rules when protesting and are arrested or face some actions. The protestors just have to believe their protest is more important than the punishment.

Sounds like a great idea to me. I wish my home country, the USA, would do the same.

I assume then that Trump will also suspend aid to any country that discriminates against Blacks, Asians, Arabs, Jews, etc...

Although non-citizens are not guaranteed all the rights citizens are, isn't this discrimination based on their political choices? In other words, wouldn't this violate their freedom of speech if they were citizens?

Okay, I misread it. It's not 7 CE; it's the 7th Century CE. But 1,400 years, or even just 1,000 years, by the time it reached the Palestinians, is still a long time. In any event, this Forum is about Trump cutting funding for schools that don't punish people who demonstrate against Israel. That, IMO, violates the First Amendment (not the Second). If the demonstrators are breaking any other school rules or public laws, they should be subject to whatever penalties those carry. The schools themselves should not be the victims of Federal punishments.

The link I found said Islam began in 7 CE. That would have been about 2,018 years ago. History of Islam - Wikipedia That was the source for my post. Now the religion might not have spread to the area that is now called Palestine for many years after that, maybe even 600 as you suggest. In any event, the Palestinians have bee Arab Muslims for a long, long time.

They were Jews back then, and they are Israelis now. Most of them, I agree, are Jewish. The current Palestinians have been Muslims for well over 2,000 years.

No, you are so pro-Israeli that you won't even entertain the idea that they have ever done anything wrong in this 70-year conflict. Even if you don't want to look at the historical facts, Israel is now killing innocent civilians in both Gaza and the West Bank. Calling that some kind of legitiment "revenge" is despicable.

Yes, I am a citizen of the USA. "Americans" could refer to anyone in North, Central, or South America. I mistyped the number of the Ammendment in my comment, but corrected it after that was brought to my attention.

The Israelis were not around then, either. They were Hebrews then. The Canonites were around 3,000 years ago when the Hebrews took over their land (with force) after fleeing Egypt (according to the Old Testament and the Koran). Today's Palestinians are descendants of the Cananites. Seventy years ago, when the UK (which claimed it "owned" Palestine) first gave part of that land to the Jews, and then a couple of years later, the UN formalized that, there were a lot more Palestinians there than Jews. Also, since then, Israel has, over time, taken over more and more of the land assigned to the Palestinians. I'm not anti-Israel. I am for a two-state solution so that both Israelis and Palestinians can share that land in peace. But I doubt that will ever happen.

I don't deny that Hamas has committed acts of terrorism, but so has Israel, both now in the bombing of Gaza and historically. You seem to ignore that.

Lock him up!

Yes, I agree...

Being a far-left socialist myself, I realize that the next four years will be a miserable time for me. My most bitter disappointment is not Trump himself, but the knowledge that so many of my fellow countrymen support him. 🥹

I am a far-left liberal and vehemently oppose Trump and almost all of his policies. My biggest disappointment is that so many of my fellow countrymen support him. 🥹

Yes, it does, unless you are doing more than criticizing them.