Pro-Palestine Protester: I Know Anti-Semitism Is a Very Real Threat But It’s Not What We’re Advocating For

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SIVALINGAM: “What we’re talking about here is the genocide. And I know I keep coming back to that, but I would like for everyone to know that the focus of this protests is to stop killing Palestinian people and to get our institutions to take accountability for our investments that are profiting off of the genocide of Palestinian people. Anti-Semitism is not anything that we condone. It is abhorrent. I know that it’s a very real threat, but that’s not a part of what we’re advocating for. In fact, one of my classmates who just got arrested today is a Jewish Voice for Peace member. And he was brutalized by the administration for protesting. So I think it’s important to consider what our institutions are doing in this moment.”