Beneath the smokescreen of combating the ‘Leftist’ scourge which has left American politics streaked in blood, the Trump administration has threatened curbs on free speech for the covert sake of protecting Israel. AG Pam Bondi has launched into a ‘heroic’ anti-hate speech crusade under the pretense of recent political violence, using Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a possible bait-and-switch, while Trump announced the long-awaited designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization: Sure, the bold one-two punch may represent a much-needed curtailment of nefarious ‘Leftist’ operations—on the surface, at least. But the question is to what extent will they be used in undermining freedom of speech for other causes less ‘convenient’ to the heavily-Zionist-striped Trump administration? Earlier in the year, the Department of Homeland Security released their new ‘anti-discrimination’ guidelines which oddly-enough kitchensinked anti-Israel boycotts into a broader list of ostensibly “anti-woke” proscriptions. After a public outcry, the most overt of the Israeli protections were quietly reworded while leaving enough legal language about prohibiting targeted boycotts that would allow the prosecution of anyone daring to protest against Israel’s genocide in such a way. Below compare the first version with the swiftly revised one: Oddly, these have been scrubbed from the DHS site, though they can still be found at the WaybackMachine archives. This is all yet young, and we don’t know know for certain how far Trump’s administration will take things, but for now it certainly lends a dismal outlook. Some have gone as far as to warn of the connection with Trump’s recent deployment of National Guard troops to US cities, under the aegis of fighting crime and abetting ICE in their harvest of illegals. They have tied the initiatives into a broader ‘Project Esther’-style commitment to “fight antisemitism” by shielding Israel from any possible criticisms in order to whitewash Israel’s now-indisputable crimes. For those that don’t know, Project Esther—named after a figure in the Hebrew bible—comes by way of the Heritage Foundation and aims to “dismantle the Hamas network” in the US by labeling anyone criticizing Israel or supporting Palestine as potential ‘terrorists’ and being tied to Hamas. The connection is obvious: the Trump administration’s normalization of boots-on-ground in US cities can easily be escalated to “rooting out leftwing terrorists” in accordance with Project Esther. Particularly, this could be done under a wider ICE dragnet which would act as stalking horse to plump headlines with the “good” kinds of jackboot roundups to paper over the nefarious kinds, i.e. the roundup of Israel-criticizers. Many will cheer such scenes, until the switch is flipped and those same troops start coming for them: Why is the danger now higher than ever for major crackdowns on anti-Israeli sentiments? Because Israel has reached a point of no return this week. Not only has Netanyahu announced the ‘final’ operation into Gaza, launching the armored ground assault portion last night, but the UN has finally deemed Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in as official a voice as possible, with the Commission of Inquiry—a subsidiary of the UN Human Rights Council—issuing a report with detailed evidence that Israel’s actions of eradication against Palestinians show a pattern of patent intent. The full document from the UN Human Rights Council: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf Excerpt of findings:
Let us briefly recall that the only officially and legally recognized “genocide” since World War Two has been the ‘Srebrenica Massacre’ alleged to have been perpetrated by Bosnian Serbs. This massacre saw a claimed 8,000 Bosniak civilians killed with a further 25k+ forcibly displaced, a tiny drop in the water compared to what is now happening in Gaza, with hundreds of thousands killed and millions in the process of being displaced. Given that Srebrenica is legally deemed a genocide by the UN’s ICJ, it should be a no-brainer for Gaza as well. In light of this ruling, fear has swept through Israel. Netanyahu marked the inflection point in a speech which sought to brace Israelis for a new period of uncertainty and darkness, wherein Israel would forced to endure diplomatic isolation on the world stage, requiring economic ‘autarky’ to sustain itself: Listen carefully to what he says: this is not a mere ‘rainy day’ blip to be briefly weathered, but a long period of isolation for which Israel will have to reconfigure its entire economy. Most concerning for Netanyahu is the coming isolation in defense manufacturing, which he foresees will have countries blocking critical military aid to Israel for the perpetuation of its genocide against Palestinians. Recall that Israel’s mad dog policies have jumped the shark of late, adding new countries and war crimes to the list after Qatar was bombed, and the Houthi government’s prime minister assassinated in strikes on Yemen. Given that Israel also hit the freedom flotilla in Tunisian waters, the list of countries Israel is simultaneously striking with no repercussions has grown to include Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Yemen, and probably others. ... Continue reading this post for free in the Substack app© 2025 Simplicius76 |