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- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
The Hate Behind the Chants Heralds Violence
Cynthia Ozick recalls the rhythmic bellowing of hatred against Israel that has resounded in the U.S. since Oct. 7, 2023 ('Antisemitism and the Politics of the Chant,' op-ed, June 4). As the murders in Washington and the attack in Boulder, Colo., illustrate, words of hatred have now inspired terrorist deeds.
In April 2024, a group of people gathered to chant near Columbia University. There was a vile clarity and frankness to the hatred and support for Hamas evident among them. The chants Ms. Ozick recalls are themselves a call for war to destroy Israel. On the margins of the movement of the past decade there have been even more radical voices. With masks and keffiyehs, the assembled chanted the following:
