When even one American, who has done nothing wrong, is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth, then ALL Americans are in peril. - President Harry Truman
Executive Order 13899 went largely unnoticed in Trump’s first term. It adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism, which sounds harmless enough until you read it and see how it’s applied.
Then on January 29th of this year Trump issued Executive Order 14188, the “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism”, which built on the previous EO and emphasized investigating individuals and institutions critical of the government of Israel.
Imagine the US government weaponized against Americans critical of any other foreign government. Replace the word Israel with any other nation, in any context, and see if it passes the smell test.
But wait, we are constantly being told, ad nauseum, that Israel is our greatest ally. Well, if Israel is really our greatest ally then why have they never sent any troops to help us fight a war? Asking questions like that might get you branded an “anti-Semite”.
Mention the 1965 NUMEC scandal, where 200-300 kg of US enriched uranium vanished from a Pennsylvania plant and declassified CIA/FBI docs suggest Israeli agents diverted it for Israel's nuclear program and you might be an “anti-Semite”
Bring up June 8, 1967, when Israeli forces intentionally attacked the Navy ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 and wounding 17 Americans and you might be an “anti-Semite”.
Share an old video about Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, who was killed in 2003 in Gaza when an Israeli bulldozer ran her over on purpose during a peaceful protest against home demolitions and you might be an “anti-Semite”.
Write a social media post about how in 1993, CIA Director James Woolsey testified that Israel sold U.S. military tech like missiles and jets to China for over a decade, worth billions, or that in 2013 Israel transferred U.S. missile electro-optics to China, or that in 2021 ten Israelis were indicted for illegally exporting American cruise missiles to China, and...“anti-Semite”.
Talk about the fact that Edward Snowden documents showed Israel spies on and collects data from America more than any other country and...“anti-Semite”.
Try to explain that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, or that not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews, oppose bombing and starving women and children in Gaza, question America sending $3.8 billion in aide annually to Israel when Americans are suffering, or point out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is really Polish and his family changed their name from Mileikowski, and you can expect to be labeled an “anti-Semite”. You get the picture. The terms anti-Semitism and anti-Semite have been weaponized against free speech in a clear affront to the Constitution.
Think you’re safe? The term “America First” was just declared “anti-Semitic” by the Anti Defamation League (ADL), in their official Glossary of Extremism and Hate. Columbia University was just pressured by the Trump administration into partnering with the ADL for anti-Semitism training, in order to keep grant funding.
And if you’re a literal Jew living in a city, county or state whose government has exercised the right of free association and decided not to do business with Jewish companies then expect your government to be denied FEMA disaster preparedness funds, as of August 4th. Has MAGA become Make Israel Great Again?
And don’t you dare say we should be America first and Israel second because extremists will label that hate speech, just because it’s speech extremists hate.