Zionist is not hate speech, activists say – The Real News Network

Posted By on March 3, 2021

A Saturday Night Live joke about Israels vaccine apartheid sparked outrage from some ardent supporters of the Israeli government, but the controversy speaks to larger threats to free speech in the digital age, especially when it comes to criticisms of Zionism. At this very moment, tech giant Facebook is considering whether or not to respond to calls to ban the term Zionist as anti-Semitic hate speech.

TRNNs Jaisal Noor speaks with Jewish Voice For Peaces Rabbi Alissa Wise about the Facebook, We Need to Talk campaign and the long history of tech companies censoring the voices of Palestinians who are resisting military occupation.

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Jaisal is a host, producer, and reporter for TRNN. With his expertise in education policy and systemic inequity, he focuses on Baltimore, Maryland. He mainly grew up in the Baltimore area and studied modern history at the University of Maryland, College Park. Before joining TRNN, he contributed print, radio, and TV reports toFree Speech Radio News,Democracy Now!andThe Indypendent.

Jaisal's mother has taught in the Baltimore City Public School system for the past 25 years.

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