LEXINGTON — History has a way of vindicating student protests — civil rights, Vietnam, apartheid — but it can take a while. How painful it must be to see ancient homelands torn by ethnic violence and to again feel the threat of uninformed bias and ugly stereotypes. Bandy, a 2022 UK grad from Atlanta now working in Lexington, told me it’s “very, very frustrating” when people equate opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza with antisemitism. Joanne Martha does not blame the Israeli people but the country’s government for what even ally Joe Biden has called Israel’s “over the top” war in Gaza. By supporting Hamas in Gaza, Netanyahu and his team had hoped to divide Palestians thus thwarting any move toward a Palestinian state.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2024 09:59 UTC