The 22-year-old grad student doesn’t hate Jews. Ask her directly and she’ll tell you. She’s anti-Zionist, not antisemitic. There’s a difference. She knows the difference because she was taught there is one.

Zionism is colonialism. Israel is an apartheid state. Resistance is justified. From the river to the sea.

She chants it at protests. Wears the keffiyeh. Shares the infographics. Signs the petitions. The language is already in place. It makes violence sound principled.

“Zionist” becomes the word that carries everything else. It strips Jews of protection. It makes targeting them feel justified. You march through a Jewish neighborhood shouting about Zionists. You demand Zionist students be removed from campus. You........

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