Campus repression of Palestine speech is asymmetric since endorsing Israel faces no comparable suppression.

Evidence

[C]ontrary to the pervasive “both sides” framing of rising antisemitism and Islamophobia, this repressive wave is plainly asymmetric: there is no comparable institutional effort to suppress endorsements of the current Israeli state, despite its commitments to “Jewish supremacy” (as Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem and others describe it) and ongoing commission of war crimes like collective punishment of Gazans (even setting aside the “genocide” question). The ubiquitous justification offered for this stark asymmetry is that calls for Palestinian freedom constitute threats of antisemitic violence against Jews in Israel and the U.S. alike. — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 27

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes broader critiques of ‘both sides’ framing in media and institutional coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict. — connects to: Public anti-Islamophobia stances can function as a cover for pro-Israel politics — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 35; Official anti-hate strategies functioned as cover for US arms to Israel — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 31; The Ground Zero mosque controversy grew from an organized pro-Israel campus campaign. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 526 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The Ground Zero mosque controversy grew from an organized pro-Israel campus campaign. #exemplifies (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 526
• Public anti-Islamophobia stances can function as a cover for pro-Israel politics #corroborates (0.70) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 35
• Official anti-hate strategies functioned as cover for US arms to Israel #corroborates (0.70) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 31
• Campus DEI responses to October 7 systematically obscure Israel’s role in anti-Palestinian violence #corroborates (0.70) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 11
• Redefining antisemitism to include Israel criticism inflates antisemitism and intensifies anti-Palestinian racism #corroborates (0.60) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 30