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Abstract
An exploration of how discourses around free speech actually facilitaterepression against those expressing pro-Palestine sentiment.
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Notes
1 The official quote by Said Ratner (Citation2013) reads as: “And my view for a number of years has been, with regard to issues of Palestine, with regard to criticism of Israel in particular, there’s what I call the Palestine exception to free speech or the Palestine exception to the First Amendment, which is our free speech protection in the United States. And when I say exception, what I mean is you can almost speak about anything in the United States, but the one thing that you get accused of and they try and stop you from speaking about is critiques of Israel with regard to the Palestinian people.”
2 Along with a corresponding set of publications such as Compact, Persuasion, and Quillette alongside heavy coverage in legacy publications, such as The Atlantic and New York Magazine.
3 The site features tweets Abulhawa had sent when she was 14.
4 For example, Marc Lamont Hill, Russell Rickford, Cornel West, Achille Mbembe, Taurean Webb, Carlton Williams, Christina Sharpe, and Kwame Ture.
5 For example, Joel Kovel, Terri Ginsburg, Emily Wilder, Kenneth Roth, and Valentina Azerova.
6 In 2018, for example, amid an Israeli massacre of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Roth highlighted “Israel’s legitimate interest in defending its borders.” He also tweeted, “No Palestinian at the demonstration is known to have crossed the Gaza border, reinforcing the lack of imminent lethal threat that would have justified Israel using lethal force.” .
7 Neither is there a shortage of war criminals: Henry Kissinger, Madeline Albright, David Petraeus, John Yoo, and Meghan L. O’Sullivan.