Mick Hartley

“…because they fashion themselves as “pro-Palestine” voices and activists.“…

“Anti-Israel sentiments have become the primary lens through which analyses and opinions are constructed and shared. While individuals have a right to hold whatever beliefs they choose, the goals and aspirations of free thinkers and analysts should be the maximal pursuit of information, evidence, hypotheses, theories, diverse perspectives, and de-personalized discourse.

“Instead, many end up grossly rushing to tell me how I don’t “conform” to other Palestinian views, and how many “pro-Palestine” voices have problems with me. Instead of Washington DC being a vibrant place for policymaking and the exchange of truly original and free ideas, hordes of non-Palestinian “experts”, “analysts”, junior staff, Ivy League ideologues, brainwashed young people, and detached individuals feel the need to police what I have to say relative to their intransigent rubric for how they assess Hamas, Gaza, the war, and associated issues.“