Protesters in Seattle waved signs equating Zionism with Nazism. Photo: The Mike Report.

There is a difference between being pro-Palestinian-Arab and being “pro-Palestinian.” One can support Palestinian-Arab self-determination and their rights to life and liberty, and be entirely peaceful about it. I, along with all of my pro-Israel/Zionist friends, stand in solidarity with the Palestinian-Arabs in Gaza living under the kleptocratic terrorist organization Hamas.

However, every single one of these “pro-Palestinian” rallies where you see PLO flags waving around are filled with Jew-hatred, bigotry, and calls to destroy Israel. “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” Members of the Fatah Central Committee, Hamas, and various other anti-Semitic and anti-Israel organizations say it frequently – as do people attending anti-Israel protests in America.

If you call yourself a proud feminist and take part in rallies that call for Israel’s destruction, then you are a hypocrite. Israel is the safest place in the Middle East for women. There are neither legalized honor killings nor is there legalized female genital mutilation in the Jewish State.

If you call yourself an advocate for workers’ rights and take part in rallies that call for Israel’s destruction, then you are even more of a hypocrite. Israel has the best labor laws in the Middle East, even allowing Palestinian-Arabs living in Judea and Samaria to gain access to health care. They double their pay compared to any factory controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Israeli gives Palestinian-Arabs time to practice their religion. Hamas uses child labor to build their terror tunnels and more than 160 children were killed constructing them.

If you call yourself an advocate for free speech, free press, and freedom of assembly, and you go to rallies calling for Israel’s destruction, then you are the biggest hypocrite of everyone listed above. Israel is the only country in the Middle East with free press, free speech, and freedom of assembly. Look at the Freedom House statistics: only Israel is listed as a “free country,” while every other Arab nation is “not free” with the exception to Lebanon (partly-free).