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An Open Letter to Keffiyeh Boy

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Finlayson's guest essay published by 'Freedom To Offend' is a critical address to a young man, referred to as "Keffiyeh Boy," who participates in anti-Israel protests in Toronto. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHamasProtestPalestineViolenceGenocideIntifadaConflict

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"A man on a Toronto street shouts into a microphone: Intifada Revolution, Intifada Revolution, there is one solution!"
Ontario, Canada
"Presently, the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada has suspended me for six months based on complaints from a radical Palestinian activist and fellow professor, a man consumed with hatred against the Jews."
Canada
"Plus, Hamas runs Gaza; from the hospitals to the public services, they are in charge. Over 18,000 Gazans worked daily in Israel; that is the equivalent of 560,000 Americans crossing into Canada each day to work not quite an open-air prison."
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
"Presently, the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada has suspended me for six months based on complaints from a radical Palestinian activist and fellow professor, a man consumed with hatred against the Jews."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Gaza was not occupied; it was governed by Hamas, an elected government which got 44 percent of the vote in 2006."
Israel
"Did you know an intifada is an uprising of violence? It was spoken by people wearing keffiyehs in Gaza as they roared into Israel on October 7th, too, with 1,200 dead."

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