On ‘we will find you, and we will deport you’ - Etan Nechin in Haaretz:

‘In the former USSR, as it was flailing into the 1980's, General Secretary of the Communist Party Yuri Andropov aimed to revive a practice from the Stalinist era: the informer. Police and volunteer militias encouraged citizens to flag neighbors to be punished for "antisocial" behaviors and dissidence.
President Donald Trump's executive order on antisemitism, which includes provisions to deport pro-Palestinian protesters, operates on the same dangerous premise. Before the order was officially signed, the administration published this 'explanatory' fact sheet: "To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you."’

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‘Right-wing groups have already been leveraging AI to identify and target students they claim support Hamas, encouraging complaints to university administrators. These campaigns involve analyzing protest footage, cross-referencing faces with online profiles, and compiling detailed dossiers on foreign students and faculty. Messages circulating in Jewish and Israeli WhatsApp groups ask participants to report those perceived as "supporters of Hamas," often with minimal evidence.’

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‘Like Andropov, Trump understands the limits of external force. The real power of authoritarianism lies in subverting norms, so a society turns against itself – where even whispered criticism in private bedrooms or the slightest suspicion of disloyalty becomes justification for betrayal.
It is undeniable that antisemitic incidents in America have risen since October 7, as have campus voices that legitimize the extreme violence of October 7. The failure of university administrators to contain the worst excesses of campus protesters is damning. Even more disturbing is that some faculty membersexpressed publicly how "exhilarated" they felt by Hamas' murder of families in kibbutzim.
However, the criticism of campus protests from the right has gone much further. The Republican Party has blurred the line between legitimate criticism of Israel, Zionism as a nationalist ideology, and Israel's actions in Gaza – labeling all as "anti-Israel" or antisemitic. Moreover, Jews who voice harsh criticism of Israel are often dismissed as self-hating, and Muslims face demands to denounce Hamas before expressing any opinion.’

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‘Just before President Trump signed the executive order on antisemitism, a leaked memo revealed that the administration intended to suspend observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

When Elon Musk ironically tweeted, "Apparently, I'm a Zionist AND a Nazi" he inadvertently pointed to a troubling reality: the far right in the West today aligns itself with Israel's current government, and it prioritizes its war on Muslim migrants over its historic, lethal preoccupation with Jews.
This alignment doesn't mean the far right's antisemitic core has vanished – it remains deeply embedded.’

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‘This issue goes beyond pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian advocacy – it's as much about due process as it is about free speech. When language around "supporting terror" is deliberately vague, it opens the floodgates for intimidation, suppression and prosecution, along with a clear message to those to foreign citizens and minority Americans to stay in their lane.’

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‘A society begins to unravel when it turns against itself, seeing neighbors, classmates, and even relatives as threats. This erosion of trust is the first step toward collapse. And when democratic practices are suspended in a moment of moral panic, history warns us not to expect their effortless restoration.’

Read the article here.

An important piece – moral panic s the justification for destroying society.

The all to frivolous use of anti-Semitism as an attempt to punish and intimidate the Muslim minority.
It cannot be repeated often enough: for most on the extreme-right the Jew- and Israel-love is merely a means to an end.

When they are done with the Muslims they will turn against the Jews once again.
Yes, the campus protests have been ugly sometimes, and apparently Hezbollah claimed that they organized some of the protests, but that’s all not the point.

The destruction of civil society is the goal. The obsession with Jews and Israel is a symptom of the feverish energy with which some of the foot soldiers of the new world order have engaged in their campaign against the open society.