Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel

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Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel
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i still wait for the day when i can criticize the state of israel and some of it's policies without getting branded as an antisemite.

And those of us Jews who don't support the state of Israel can't wait for the day we stop getting tied to it just because we're Jews. So there's problems both ways.

I'm also waiting on the day where Israel isn't marked for extermination by multiple countries/terrorist organizations.

You can. I do. As a Jew and as someone who has family living in Jerusalem who all hate Bibi and what he stands for. Fuck Bibi and fuck the Knesset. And fuck Zuck too.

If you're talking about Lemmy users, I think that day is already here. If you're talking about far right Zionists and ultraorthodox Jewish supremacists, then never. Between these two ends is where you find the mainstream gatekeepers of information like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg, the Sulzburger family (who own the NYTimes), Jeffrey Bezos (who owns the Washington Post), etc.

I think the democratization of information is probably the most important step towards creating space to speak openly about human rights abuses anywhere, regardless of how powerful the people responsible are.