I’ve advocated for Palestinian rights since 1969. That’s simply a statement of fact about my life and my politics. Recently, a few people have tried to twist that into an accusation of antisemitism. It’s disappointing, but not surprising. Whenever you speak up for Palestine, someone will try to turn a political stance into a personal attack.
Let me be absolutely clear: Believing that Palestine is occupied, or that Palestinians have been treated unfairly for decades, is not antisemitic. It never has been. It never will be. It is a political and humanitarian position shared by people of every background — including many Jewish people who also advocate for Palestinian rights.
What is happening is that some individuals respond to any support for Palestine with hostility. Not because you’ve said anything about Jewish people , you haven’t ,but because they cannot tolerate anyone who challenges their preferred narrative. The hate is theirs, not mine. Their accusation doesn’t describe me; it describes their inability to separate criticism of a government from prejudice against a people.
I won’t let bad‑faith attacks rewrite my intentions or my history. I know who I am. I know what I stand for. And I know that advocating for justice, equality, and human rights does not make me hateful. It makes me consistent.
So I’ll keep speaking up. And I’ll keep ignoring the haters — because that’s exactly what they are. Their noise doesn’t change the truth, and it certainly doesn’t change me.
- I’ve advocated for Palestinian rights since 1969. That’s simply a statement of fact about my life and my politics. Recently, a few people have tried to twist that into an accusation of antisemitism. It’s disappointing, but not surprising. Whenever you speak up for Palestine, someone will try to turn a political stance into a personal attack. Let me be absolutely clear: Believing that Palestine is occupied, or that Palestinians have been treated unfairly for decades, is not antisemitic. It never has been. It never will be. It is a political and humanitarian position shared by people of every background — including many Jewish people who also advocate for Palestinian rights. What is happening is that some individuals respond to any support for Palestine with hostility. Not because you’ve said anything about Jewish people , you haven’t ,but because they cannot tolerate anyone who challenges their preferred narrative. The hate is theirs, not mine. Their accusation doesn’t describe me; it describes their inability to separate criticism of a government from prejudice against a people. I won’t let bad‑faith attacks rewrite my intentions or my history. I know who I am. I know what I stand for. And I know that advocating for justice, equality, and human rights does not make me hateful. It makes me consistent. So I’ll keep speaking up. And I’ll keep ignoring the haters — because that’s exactly what they are. Their noise doesn’t change the truth, and it certainly doesn’t change me.
Respect to you for your consistency, your clarity, and your refusal to let truth be silenced.
We all live in filter bubbles on here so it's hard make general claims but seems it's getting easier. Maybe all our hard work educating the public years and years is finally paying off and the subterfuge is becoming less and less credible as more people see it with their own eyes
You class people who disagree with your stance as “haters”? What do you think your anti-Semitism makes you?