Israeli Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Campus Protests, Weaponized Antisemitism, Silencing Dissent

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As Biden administration and U.S. college and university administrators increasingly accuse peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters on school campuses of antisemitism, we speak with Brown University professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Omer Bartov, who visited the student Gaza solidarity encampment at UPenn alongside fellow Israeli historian Raz Segal. "There was absolutely no sign of any violence, of any antisemitism at all," says Bartov, who warns antisemitism is being used to silence speech about Israel. "There's politics, and there's prejudice. And if we don't make a distinction between the two, then what we are actually doing is enforcing a kind of silence over the policies that have been conducted by the Israeli government for a long time that ultimately culminated now in the utter destruction of Gaza."
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[@Stop-and-listen]

“The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it as an excuse to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” - Norman Finkelstein

[@LAFITZ10]

who would have thought ISRAEL who RECEIVED a Genocide would next PERPETRATE IT - it's OBSCENE

[@user-xu5vl5th9n]

He is the one plundering the Holocaust for political purposes: to dehumanise Israelis and white-wash genocidal racists like Hamas.

[@corysher]

Nice quote from the biggest antisemite in this Century. Nice job. You condone a bigot.

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@brazejan1]

Yup so simple

[@emiliobello2538]

No one should have to face a genocide

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

When you purposefully leave a statement like that, you're leaving this comment section open to certain folks saying that what's happening in Gaza isn't genocide. So one must ask, was that your intention? 🤔 Let's hope not. But you're correct, *No one should have to face genocide.*

[@MA-sk4fg]

@@PauloAdriano-zo2ngso true!!!!

[@sihammaalal-mh4ul]

Especially innocents 😇

[@teresia748]

If you believe that then these students should stop calling for Death to America and Death to Israel

[@meshzzizk]

what about people who chew with their mouths open

[@naziirani2773]

Respect to these Jewish scholars who stand up for humanity, defend Palestinian rights, and oppose genocide.

[@larryfloyd5111]

Some of these scholars are "liberal Zionists" who are against the right of return of Palestinians.

[@azalia423]

Absolutely!

[@Tom-ym7bm]

If only they spoke of God’s laws Love

[@QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

Raz Segal has called it a genocide. Bartov when asked maybe 4 months ago wouldn't say it was, but wouldn't say it wasn't. I think he respects Segal's opinion and is probably closer to his opinion by now.

[@Tom-ym7bm]

@@QUINTUSMAXIMUS America was a pro life culture until the 60s it took on the culture of death ( people are fooled thinking things are so forward thinking & benevolent & they’re making a difference) In the end, it’s not our opinion but God’s. He has told us how the world works. About life & death. Christianity works to redeem man! People have become so desensitized by movies including sex & violence. Help us reclaim the value of human life. God relies on our obedience. Our roots- our motto- Pro America - America 1st

[@goldenwarrior5664]

We need to call for Blinken to step down

[@kouklepartali]

Because he is a Jew! Blinken, is a Jew.

[@rational-public-discourse]

ok. We are calling for Blinken to step down.

[@d0ntbeevil]

And tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity for aiding and abetting genocide.

[@lindahaltam6535]

Why Blinken is just our relayer. The negotiations were moved from Qatar to Egypt last I heard.

[@billytheadult6247]

Blinken is a tool of a foreign government, not the US. This is clear for all to see. His actions speak louder than his vacuous words.

[@Viper1924]

The irony of these campuses complaining about illegal encampments being set up while supporting a colony who does exactly that in Palestine.

[@KyleRuggles]

HA! True! True true true!

[@OneSixSun]

Yes.

[@wyno2661]

That's exactly what I have been saying for a while now! Noticed how all those politicians complaining about the illegal invasion from across the border, while sponsoring the same actions in another part of the world!

[@oliveoil5789]

If these encampments were peacefully protesting climate change you wouldn’t hear a peep from anyone.

[@giuseppers1956]

I guess they are giving America a small taste of what Israel is doing to Palestine!

[@Lovewins0356]

"Being Anti Zionist is Not being Antisemitic."

[@user-wd5pb3up4r]

Arabs are Semites. Ashkenazi jews - are not so.

[@nosuchthing8]

Yt banned me for a while because I DARED make that claim.

[@valm9462]

Being Zionist is being Antisemitic

[@LunarTikOfficial]

*Maybe that loud mouth german was right about "them"..*

[@spiritualpath8888]

@@nosuchthing8lol me too but now i say anti ge no ci dal ma ni acs

[@lydiamilanovic1761]

Many thanks to Omer Bartov for distinguishing between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. As a non-Jewish person, I felt guilty about speaking up against Israeli right wing Zionist policies. I'm relieved that these two terms are now being separated and that being an anti-Zionist is not at all the same as being anti-Semitic.

[@MA-sk4fg]

Zionists know that. but they are weaponizing it to silence students and others who are outraged to witness the massacres.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: - If a Semitic State - Engage in Genocide/Apartheid - To speak,act against it - Is Anti Semitic or Pro Freedom?

[@may7127]

Zionism was founded by Theodor Herzl in 1897 while Judaism was founded around or before 1800. B.C. That's when I learned that they arent the same.

[@ErikWeinstein]

They always have been

[@stevelarrosa4462]

its called brainwashing, in history, movies Evil creeps up slowly but surely

[@Motorfreek1969]

In 2008, Professor Norman Finkelstein, who comes from a family deeply impacted by the Holocaust, was deeply outraged by what he saw as feigned sorrow or "crocodile tears" from a student at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. Finkelstein's father was an Auschwitz survivor, while his mother survived the Warsaw Ghetto and Majdanek concentration camp. Having experienced significant loss within his family during the Nazi Holocaust, he was infuriated when confronted by a Jewish student questioning his pro-Palestinian stance. He said: "I don't respect the crocodile tears - if you had any heart in you, you would be crying for the Palestinians.

[@sajidpatel2705]

That was an epic response by Dr. Finkelstein to those brainwashed indoctrinated young pro - Israeli Jews.

[@hagnuj1070]

They cornered the market of sympathy.

[@mytboss]

Permission to use/share your comment, please...

[@talppp]

Fink is one of the more famous anti semantic professors!

[@celestesmith6060]

@@talppp Except he's not anti-semitic. He opposes the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians.

[@mdshamimshamim7585]

Stop genocide. Save the humanity 😢 Historical protest by students ❤

[@LunarTikOfficial]

*Maybe that loud mouth german was right about "them"..*

[@brazejan1]

Your either on the right side or the wrong side of history so choose wisely...

[@CallThemAllOut]

Very well said. Although, some have already chosen and refused to see anything that's taking place

[@LunarTikOfficial]

@@brazejan1 *I choose NO GENOCIDE*

[@soheirkhattab5832]

@@LunarTikOfficialgood for you .free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@jackintosh]

Thank you! Being against the genocidal actions of the government and military of Israel is not antisemitism.

[@LunarTikOfficial]

*Maybe that loud mouth german was right about "them"..*

[@keesvan52]

Calling the actions of the government and military of Israel "genocidal actions" is antisemitism.

[@bostonphotographer20]

There is no genocide in Gaza. It's a war. There is genocide in Sudan and ethnic cleansing in Pakistan, but you don't care about that, do you?

[@kwokeva]

They pro hamas

[@jackintosh]

@@kwokeva being against Israeli genocide does not equate to support terrorism

[@mikiafu]

Stop the genocide in Sudan

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

Yep!!!!!! DIVEST U.S. TAX DOLLARS.

[@greatmahatmagandhi4713]

Free free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@greatmahatmagandhi4713]

Stop our tax dollars for genocide

[@mimi-ur8pc]

@@greatmahatmagandhi4713 Your own people in Jordan and Egypt don't want to take you into their country. I wonder why?

[@ScreenNameLoretta]

​@@mimi-ur8pc -- Nice little ad-hominem attack you did on that other person.

[@alvinmitchell1412]

Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.-Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere

[@stonecoldhitman7662]

TRUTH

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

MLK: "The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world”.

[@user-pf7tf3rf1u]

I also visited twice as a citizen of Philadelphia and brought food to the protesters at UPenn. They were nice kids on the right side of history. These kids care about what is happening to Palestinians. Our politicians and donors are really being cruel slandering these kids.

[@gregkle9384]

@user do they care what is happening in Ukraine,Syria,Africa etc were people have been killed in hundreds of thousands? Of course not,no Jews involved.Young antisemites,sorry jew haters

[@meloneypullen8746]

❤❤

[@sansoe21]

people just forgot arabian is semitic too

[@celieneohara521]

I have been saying that for months!!!

[@ErikWeinstein]

​@@celieneohara521hedgehogs aren't hogs. Why aren't people constantly talking about that

[@71suns]

​@@ErikWeinsteinAre you confused dear?

[@eudyptes5046]

More to the point, the term semitic is obsolete. Neither Judaism nor Islam are ethnic entities, they are religions.

[@stevesmith291]

@@eudyptes5046 Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages, from the purported descemt of their peoples from Shem, the sone of Noah. Also, religion is often one of the factors that defines an ethnicity.

[@arabicsahlonmsa5303]

Ban AIPAC. Keep money for American FAMILIES in Need

[@71suns]

Not ONLY AIPAC but ALL Zionist influence on our government institutions. ENOUGH.

[@tzadiko]

So can we ban Arab lobbying groups too?

[@Benshafran]

I am Jewish and live in Tel Aviv, ANTI ZIONIST IS NOT ANTI SEMITIC and also DOES NOT MAKE YOU A KAPOS. FREE PALESTINE..!!

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Baruch Hashem! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

[@yevgenigerchikov9830]

If you live on stolen land, you are a Zionist. Tel Aviv is land stolen from the Palestinians, just like Gaza.

[@simpleman5541]

I wonder what percentage of Jewish is like you.

[@mimi-ur8pc]

Do you know the history of The Muslim Brotherhood who is funding Hamas? They have not changed! They were NAZIs and Hitler's close friends and allies and they are Obama's close friends and allies.

[@ChrisCresta-hs8cz]

Thank you, we need more Jewish people like you. I find myself hating Jewish people because of what the government of Israel is doing. Honestly if what is happening in Gaza was being done to Jews or any other race my hatred of the people doing it would be exactly the same. Netanyahu is just making worse for his own people by carrying out this genocide.

[@guldenakdemir2493]

Wake up folks, we have NEVER been a democracy, not at home and not abroad.

[@scotwells7573]

That’s right we are a Republic

[@dianacasey6002]

What does that mean are you not supposed to be the greatest democracy in the world, the light on the bill. Democracy is thrown around by politicians like confetti at a wedding. So exactly why do ppl have a. OTE, why does it say by the ppl for the ppl. Is that not what a democracy is supposed to be. I don’t think you have a functioning democracy, because voting is suppressed, made as core t and difficult as possible. I think is pretty awful. Yet your politicians still seem to claim it’s a very very democratic country. I don’t understand what it is because it certainly is not a fair and just country. So if that is what a republicans is then it sucks.

[@normaalarcon9033]

The harsh responses from universities may well be influenced by the donors many of whom have to be investigated in respect to their funding of Israel itself. Over 200 CEO's visited Tel Aviv when the Israelis began to bomb GAZA. There are complicities here.

[@flaggov6949]

They are more likely influenced by the fact congress keeps calling them in to threaten university funding due to allowing student behaviors which are hostile to Jewish students (like blocking their free passage to class).

[@ruthgallagher9584]

The knowledge of dual citizenship should be available.

[@normaalarcon9033]

@@ruthgallagher9584 Brings up the question of abuse of dual citizenship. Many of us are eligible for dual citizenship somewhere, that's currently the logic for current citizenship claims. So if people are abusing that duality to favor Genocidal intentions and worse, this will have to be questioned and debated.

[@Uarehere]

​@@flaggov6949Jewish students were blocked from attending class? LOL, when did that happen??

[@flaggov6949]

@@Uarehere Do you need instructions on how to do an internet search? Footage is easy to find.

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

Weaponizing anti-Semitism for political gain, makes it harder to prosecute actual anti-Semitism. It’s also my understanding that Palestinians are Semite peoples, so…

[@howielisnoff]

What I find most shocking today is that the Gaza genocide continues as does suppression of dissent here.

[@bazjones5282]

I find the fact that people can't pick up a dictionary and learn what the term Genocide means shocking. It proves how many idiots believe they are smart by parroting what they are told and don't think for themselves.

[@roberttremaine5620]

I have been using the words massacre and genocide to protest about what is happening in Gaza. With the latest terrible, terrible news, I think we need to have some stronger words! What is happening in Gaza just seems to be getting worse and worse! I'm lost for words! Protesting students, THANK YOU and may God Bless You all ! 👍♥️♥️♥️

[@user-mc7kv3op3c]

Israel has violated three of the five acts listed under the UN Genocide Convention. These acts Albanese said were “killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to the group’s members; and deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”

[@philspd473]

Free free, free the hostages.

[@71suns]

​@@philspd473Do you get your trolling schedule assignment weekly?

[@philspd473]

@@71suns how exactly am I a troll?

[@CallThemAllOut]

Free the 7000+ Palestinian children in your prisons

[@user-kr9mw2xp7v]

@@CallThemAllOut and the 1500000 elephants israel keep in captivity. "children" sure..

[@marckenny3131]

These students are world hero's, fantastic to see kids with a moral compass and bravery. The Israeli Nazi's regime will fall.

[@glennlgg6871]

The islamofascists, commies and Nazi's that have hijacked the campuses and the useful idiots that support this will fall.

[@gregkle9384]

@marc is it the same Nazi like in Ukraine ,that’s what your hero Putin says,correct?

[@georgelincolnrockwell6248]

The NSDAP tried to WARN the rest of the WORLD, and they WERE SILENCED and VILIFIED FOR IT!!!

[@UTubeISphere]

Thank you, Prof. Bartov, for keeping it real, for speaking up for legitimate student and faculty concerns. And thanks for drawing attention to the abominable treatment of Hebrew University Professor, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, and her (sexual and human rights) humiliation in an over-night jail.

[@larryfloyd5111]

With "liberal Zionists" like Bartov, they only keep it real when comparing notes in private.

[@kaylee8644]

anti war and genocide is not antisemitic

[@gregkle9384]

@kay Tell it to Hamas,they still firing rockets at Israel,they started genocide of Jews on 7 th and would carry on if they haven’t been stopped

[@___michael___7165]

Who gives a fuck if it’s anti-Semitic ??? We have 1st Amendment right to offend anyone. I hear anti-Anerican comments. Anti-New York, anti-Calufornia, anti-Texas, and such all the time. There is nothing special about anti-Senitic comments. This is real life. Nobody guaranteed you special status or protection. The use of "anti-Semitic” is a psy-ops to get us to buy into that bigoted ”chosen" crap. Being anti-Semitic is no more wrong than being anti-Confederate, anti-Russian, anti-Hamas, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist, or anti anything else. Get over it. Anti-Semitic is fastly becoming the norm.

[@brandonleon4068]

​@@gregkle9384who the hell is cheering Hamas?? Have u seen any protester saying "we stand for Hamas?" Hamas and IDF are doing the same terrible things, but ur side on the other hand is totally supporting IDF. Basically we're supporting Palestinians civilians, u're supporting ISRAEL GOV AND IDF GE NO CI DES

[@brandonleon4068]

​@@gregkle9384only an idiot says this started October 7. This started decades ago, with Israeli occupation on Palestinian territory

[@nosuchthing8]

This is like an onion headline, 'COLLEGE CLOSED BECAUSE STUDENTS FEEL THREATENED BY OPPOSING IDEAS'

[@Uarehere]

More like college administrators feel threatened by Zionist lobbies.

[@Antarctica2025]

Another matter is who gets to decide which groups is labeled terrorist! So many good Americans decry Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis without any understanding of the outrageous oppressive tactics used by Israel against the Palestinians!

[@tzadiko]

Such outrageous tactics... protecting themselves from Palestinian terrorism 🙄

[@vincentdesouza4989]

Smart man speaking our politicians need to listen.

[@syedshah9836]

Exactly, a tool to silence any criticim of the worlds only apartheid regime...

[@hilarymiseroy]

Do you need to be reminded that Israeli Arabs have legal equality and sit in the parliament.

[@CallThemAllOut]

Another lie. They are second class citizens

[@CallThemAllOut]

Another Hasbara talking point 😂😂

[@hilarymiseroy]

@@CallThemAllOut Do you mean like women are in all Islamic countries? It is not a lie. There are areas where you will find only Jews and some areas with only Arabs but they have full equality under the law. They are sometimes referred to as the 'inside' Arabs or the '48' Arabs meaning the ones who chose to stay.

[@hazaraudi7488]

​@@hilarymiseroy no they don't and they're called Palestinians not Israeli Arabs. If you actually knew them at all you would know they do not identify as "Israeli Arabs"!

[@keyfiender799]

Amy and Omer, thank you for visiting encampments. Youth activists are always happy to be acknowledged and amplified by their elders.

[@michaelwicks933]

Imagine putting a wikipedia ‘context link’ to the holocaust over someone like omer bartov - he probably wrote half the books that article is based on.

[@barrya9391]

It’s automated based on keyword

[@lapimano2]

Unfortunately the wikipedia description of the holocaust seems to be inaccurate to me: Although im not an expert, i belive the holocaust was not only against the jews, but more like against Hitler's description of the jews. So if someone dont consider themself a jew, or is not considered to be a jew according to the rules of judaism, they might still be considered to be a jew by Hitler, and got murdered. So im not sure the wiki excerpt is very accurate in this form, also i have serious doubt about the integrity of this description which leave out the other murdered innocents who were not jews at all. So all this revolves around who we consider to be a jew. Also if we consider everyone to be a jew who were systematically murdered by the nazis, then we kinda accept and utilize Hitler's description. Im not sure if that is a good idea, and im personally against it. I wouldnt want to give Hitler the authority to decide who is a jew. Also correct me if im wrong.

[@pedrob3953]

I remeber when Norman Finkelstein was the lone voice talking about the weaponization of the Holocaust memory way back in the 90s.

[@susanWilder2175]

Defining words from other cultures can be a complicated task. And it can take time, which US media particularly doesn’t care to bother with. I increasingly feel that major media around the world is irrelevant. Thank you Democracy Now for your thoughtful reporting and for giving time to inform.

[@boatman222345]

I covered the antiwar movement on campuses in New Mexico just prior to the Kent State National Guard riot where 4 student were brutally shot down. I still have a photograph of a peaceful young female protester being dragged to safety by fellow students with bayonet wielding National Guard troops in hot pursuit. Day after day I would circulate around the campus interviewing student protestors without witnessing a single act of violence only to return home that evening to lurid reports on the television claiming that the striking students were violent and dangerous. Do not be misled, power elites and deep pocketed donators to Brown, Columbia, et. al. are pulling the behind the curtain strings to stamp out campus support for the people of Gaza. Take everything they say with a huge grain of salt!

[@TheElkhornmountains]

I am of the same generation have drawn the same comparison.

[@Bavafa1]

Events of past few months have left little doubt that there are two different factions of Zayo NOT-Z: Those who are denying the Palestinian Hollowcost and those who are insisting to carry on with a Palestinian Hollowcost *Rest* *in* *Power* *Aaron* *Bushnell* I will never forget you and your last words of " *Free* *Palestine* "

[@alonelife4147]

Being Anti Zionist anti natanyahu or anti genocide is Not being Antisemitic.

[@___michael___7165]

Who gives a fuck if it’s anti-Semitic ??? We have 1st Amendment right to offend anyone. I hear anti-Anerican comments. Anti-New York, anti-Calufornia, anti-Texas, and such all the time. There is nothing special about anti-Senitic comments. This is real life. Nobody guaranteed you special status or protection. The use of "anti-Semitic” is a psy-ops to get us to buy into that bigoted ”chosen" crap. Being anti-Semitic is no more wrong than being anti-Confederate, anti-Russian, anti-Hamas, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist, or anti anything else. Get over it. Anti-Semitic is fastly becoming the norm.

[@kovie9162]

Being against Jews having their own country, of whatever nature, IS antisemitic.

[@amazinghappsandevents]

Thank you Omer for your views...full support tp what you said.... There is no clear evidence that the lives of the Jewish, israel students in USA are threatened... People should stop spreading lies that Jewish students are being attacked... Natanyahoo regime should be hold accountable for what's currently happening in Gaza and the protests in USA and around the world.... Remove natanyahoo....

[@haroldsmith7044]

So you're saying all those Jewish students who say they feel threatened are lying?

[@based4573]

@@haroldsmith7044 Zionist are threatened, not Jews. Are non-Zionist Jews threatened?

[@kappa82]

@@haroldsmith7044the pro Hamas , pro Iran left will always hate the Jews

[@OmANnIe]

​@haroldsmith7044 I think they're saying "Feeling threatened isn't the same as "being attacked." There are people saying they've been attacked for being Jewish. People being caught lying and even hurting themselves to pretend that pro-Palestinian protesters attacked them.

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

Jewish feelings do not trump Palestinian lives. No one’s feelings trump another person’s life.

[@wyno2661]

Well said Mr Bartov!

[@faridamazhar5114]

The universities should be leading the way to do the right thing! Instead of doing the wrong thing and suppressing the students!

[@whatgives1482]

Check their donor lists.

[@IsraeldoublestandardsIsraeldou]

Iof shot 6 year old hind rajab, was that self defense?

[@AlejandraRodriguez-gx7gb]

He forgot to mention the fear Palestinians feel when they see the Israeli flag.

[@tzadiko]

Yeah they fear it so much they choose to live in Israel over any other country if they could

[@SA-km3oh]

Rare honest Man! Massive Respect to Professor Bartov 🙏

[@robertroest7619]

One of the leading scholars on genocide and Holocaust, a Jew himself, joining the students give me hope! So thanks to fit humans like him!!

[@elainegoodfriend775]

That's no proof. There is a long history of Jews turning against the Jewish people. Look for article titles with the phrase, "As a Jew."

[@amazinghappsandevents]

Thank you for standing up for humanity and the oppressed.. Thank you..

[@nathanrussell1538]

Well spoken Omer Bartov.

[@larryfloyd5111]

Just because he's right on this one issue doesn't make his "liberal Zionism" any less pernicious.

[@acobbongcarawan7975]

God bless the Professor for distinguishing anti-Semitism & anti-zionism.

[@fsmon1753]

Justice for Palestinian people

[@yvonneyork1263]

Proud of these brave students risking their academic and professional careers to stand up for justice.

[@user-no2bh3tp2d]

Stop the crime man stop Netanyahu

[@71suns]

And his administration. And the military commanders. And every single IDF psychopaths committing crimes against humanity

[@nourmessaoudene4780]

I propose that Jewish scholars against weaponizing antisemitism to silence any criticism of Israel should address an open letter to congress and to the president to voice their opinion.

[@vaughancreighton9994]

How many Israeli protesters have been arrested?

[@ellennassiri9419]

Please stop saying ‘they don’t feel safe’ or ‘they feel threatened’. They don’t feel these things. They SAY that they feel these things. It is a form of intimidation of pro Palestine people.

[@youredelusionaldude]

Stop gaslighting and telling other people how they feel. Abusive tactics of yours.

[@kathya.9184]

"Members of Congress threaten ICC with retaliation if arrest warrants issued against Israeli officials" [for war crimes against Palestinians]. ~ The Jerusalem Post (4/30/2024)

[@rhetorical1488]

not the first time

[@71suns]

What did they threaten them with?

[@user-eo3db3mi1e]

That is normal modus operandi they get away with genocide N heinious crimes by threatening ppl who want to take them to task how unjust

[@basschepers7819]

STOP THE GENOCIDE

[@leilaoksanen5142]

Professor Mr OMER BARTOV And DEMOCRACY NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@warrinbang1191]

Netanyahu's right wing extremist govt is what's causing people to form a negative opinion of Jewish people. So I really love the Jewish people who are standing for liberty, justice, and equality for all.

[@edithrowland]

Yeah but there are few and far between.

[@iqbaluddin]

The people of the world are watching what kind of American democracy! American political leaders and Israeli political leaders are two branches of the same tree.

[@platypass8294]

Anti-Zionist is not Anti-Semitism.

[@georgemetesky5519]

Actually it is, if you consider that most of us support Israel, and half our Tribe lives there.

[@brandonleon4068]

​@@georgemetesky5519I've seen more Jewish people against genocide than favour it. Glory to them, shame on genocide supporters

[@Sofia-lc1qo]

Thank you for being voice for silenced👏

[@jagoruk55]

Hat off to Professor Omer Bartov, every word of his speech may resist killing a life in Gaza.

[@iantoshkiev]

Justice for the people of Palestine

[@jcpt8365]

Thank you students you are putting your future on the line to defend human rights! You are the best of us! Much respect for your courage from Portugal 🇵🇹 I also like to add that the reselience of the Palestinian people facing genocide and opression both humbles me and breaks my heart!

[@gmedeiros5748]

“ the enemy is within the gates ; it is our own luxury , our own folly , our own criminality we will need to contend “ Cicero

[@markd.holloman5187]

We need more and more of this Journalism. Thank you Amy, I always check in with you for headlines and more indepth reporting. Keep up the work.

[@Thiscannotbetruebutitis]

Thank you Prof. Omer.

[@MrHuadong1]

It’s disturbing that a generation of parents have worked hard and paid the police to raid their kids due to peaceful protests.

[@operasinger2126]

Thank you Amy, Democracy Now, and Omer for trying to bring peace to the world.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: - If policies of Starvation,Death Camps,Gas Chambers/White Phosphorus,Dehumanization,Pogroms,Ethnic Cleansing,etc are repeated - Doesn't amount to Holocaust?

[@arabicsahlonmsa5303]

If BRIBERY is a criminal act for all employees , likewise it should be a criminal offense for the LOBBYISTs and lawmakers/congressmen

[@kentallard8852]

did the former IDF serviceman at Columbia get his hands on IDF ordnance? How was it brought into the country undetected?

[@thomasfplm]

As far as I understand, it was a spray can similar to a pepper spray for self defense. He probably had it in his luggage and no body cared.

[@balabani]

Hats off to professor Omer Bartov.

[@dockalra]

Thank you for your courage. It would be wonderful if one an American president will speak up with this conviction.

[@ruthgallagher9584]

Due process must be followed.

[@Hassan-lx5kj]

Free palestine people and land

[@sandraabudubai]

IDF former should not be aloud on US campus.

[@garypuckettmuse]

well vote for Trump I believe this is one of his promises to you. Next we won't allow Chinese or maybe people with blue eyes. Such easy solutions!

[@sholeha6894]

The right to freedom of assembly and association is enshrined in several international human rights instruments, including: 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 20: "Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association." 2. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 21: "The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others." Besides, divesting from an Apartheid state in not unreasonable demand.

[@kadyrov3218]

It's nice to see Omer Bartov. I used his research when i did some research as part of my MA on the Wehrmacht's attack on USSR in WW2. I appreciated Bartovs rebuke of the idea that "only the SS did war crimes in German occupied Russia". He's one of the world's best scholars on German war crimes in WW2. I deeply respect this man because he clearly has a love of truth and he appears to have compassion towards the Palestinians.

[@absiddique139]

U.S is Democratic and the Earth is Flat.

[@MichaelRogers-mg4ot]

Americans need to learn about the SS LIBERTY! You should think differently about Israel.

[@ahmedakhan1]

Professor Omer Bartov is a true scholar and a man with integrity and empathy.

[@River_Sea_2024]

Great scholar! Thank you for your honesty and integrity ❤

[@rebecaaltaji7087]

I was at Columbia very peaceful ❤

[@cubuffs12345]

My question for Israeli govt supporters, just because you CAN say antisemitism and do crimes with a green light, SHOULD you?

[@aminaausman2947]

Thank you Professor for discussing the importance of pro Palestinian protests on American universities campuses , in US democracy!

[@chessman70]

It's the same thing they've always used skirt any criticism of Israel, it's anti-Semitic...

[@Antarctica2025]

Thank you! Yes a forced silence which we have been under in America for decades!

[@MA-sk4fg]

Stop insulting people who perished in holocaust .It is outrageous when you have members of your family who have been tortured and killed in those concentration camps. NEVER AGAIN TO ANY LIVING BEING.

[@71suns]

I wonder who you would be if you no longer saw yourself as perpetual 'victim' of your own life as your core identity?

[@youredelusionaldude]

@@71sunsask palis

[@TheTrueStruggle]

Thank you Amy for doing this interview.

[@amirk9898]

Thank you for your honest reporting. Thanks to the professor joining you in this program.

[@hasssartawi9472]

Thank you Omer, indeed. And thank you Amy for bringing him on.

[@JackFieldBand]

Instead of asking pro-Palestinians to condemn Hamas, do an experiment and ask them the following question: "If Israel could eliminate Hamas without harming women and children, would you support that?" You will be surprised by the answer.

[@mickeyoshea2035]

Why would anyone support the annihilation of the freedom fighters? Did you support annihilation of South African freedom fighters? Did you wish death upon Nelson Mandela?

[@joshuaiosevich3727]

You’ll get an answer of “no fucking shit I do”

[@ZZ-ls5hv]

Looks like it is imminently important for Myanmar to bring democracy to the USA...

[@user-wr4yl7tx3w]

is the president of Columbia going XijingPing on the students occupying the square?

[@AlonsoLayena]

Students are teaching us a big lesson about humanity, integrity, unity, and courage!! I hope between them is a future president of the U.S.

[@misafir716]

Historical protest by students

[@RonBittner]

What an excellent and important distinction between anti-semitism and anti-zionism

[@kimharris8440]

Professor Omar, your succinct explanation/view about the term "anti-semitic" should now be clear to all and sundry. It is so appreciated. Thank you .

[@sammydsouza4379]

Why is it these people are so hated.? Not the Students, the Chosen Ones..

[@71suns]

Chosen for what specifically?

[@CowboyConan]

They aren’t 😂

[@CallThemAllOut]

Chosen ones were brown 😂

[@mc-lb9dk]

zionism is a political issue. like communism, capitalism, fascism, etc.

[@moodygirl609]

Very important perspective to listen to. The different actions between US university students and those in Israel threat/guilt Israelis feel about their situation in relation to the Palestinians.