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The king wanted to send a message, and I was the messenger, sent to everyone who might consider speaking out. Every student who might join a protest would get the message, every person who might dare to criticize Israel or question American policy, domestic or foreign. The message was simple: This could be you. Your rights will not protect you. Your innocence will not protect you. We can take you in the night, and
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Jennifer Abdo
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"This is not a world that failed to act. This is a world that acted decisively, to fund the detention camps, to arm the agents, to build the cages, to spit on the law. It is the same world that sent the bombs, blocked the resolutions, smeared the witnesses, arrested the mourners, starved the population, burned the tents."
— Nov 01, 2026 11:24PM
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The message was simple: This could be you. Your rights will not protect you. Your innocence will not protect you. We can take you in the night, and there is nothing you can do about it.
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Jennifer Abdo
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The logic applied here. It did not matter that I had never endorsed Hamas. It did not matter that I argued for a democratic vision of Palestinian liberation where everyone enjoys peace, dignity, justice, and prosperity. It did not matter that my politics were, by any honest measure, focused on equality, accountability, international law, and human rights... The moment they called me a terrorist, I was one.
— Oct 23, 2026 02:42PM
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"Power does not follow truth, it manufactures it."
— Oct 23, 2026 02:34PM