Not true. None of the people in the video you posted were punished for merely criticizing Israel or taking part in a lawful protest. They were arrested for trespass, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct. or similar violations. Disruptive actions that interfere with the daily lives of others are not protected under the U.S. Constitution. Context is important. It's legal to yell "Free Palestine!" or "Death to the IDF!" or even "Death to Jews!" (usually in Arabic) during a street demonstration. It can be considered disturbing the peace or even threatening if the same slogans are yelled in front of a synagogue or at individual Jewish students on campus. Between 300 and 400 foreign Pro-Palestinian university student activists have had their visas revoked or have "self-deported" for violating the terms of their visas since October, 2023. Considering the U.S. had 1.2 million foreign students at the university level in 2025, that's way under 1%. And they hadn't just protested peacefully or expressed anti-Israel sentiment. They either broke the law or had done something that violated the terms of their visas, like lying on the visa application or not attending class, breaking the student code of conduct, etc. Could you please give an example of a post on AN where a board member was labeled an antisemite for writing, "Stop murdering women and children," or similar? I have never seen such a post. Most often when a post is called antisemitic, it's because it contained a variation of a classic anti-Jewish trope involving a secret Jewish conspiracy. The Mods have on numerous occassions hidden posts because of an antisemitic slur, so antisemitic posts do indeed appear on AN.
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