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Source: https://jweekly.com/2025/04/25/in-their-words-this-is-a-fight-for-basic-human-rights/
This Is a Fight for Basic Human Rights
(Jewish News of Northern California) Jennifer Hauth - The term "pro-Israel" should not exist. No one says "pro-humanity" or "pro-equality" because those are seen as basic human rights - they're automatic. According to the UN, "The right to self-determination [is] an integral element of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms." Why then do Israelis and Jews have to fight for a basic human right? Why is it a controversial opinion that we deserve the same fundamental freedoms given to literally every other group of people? It is worrisome that many people on college campuses cannot seem to agree that Jews deserve these basic human rights. What has become mainstream is not support of human rights but the demonization of the Jewish state. I shouldn't have to fight for my right to exist. I shouldn't have to fight for my history to be remembered. I shouldn't have to fight for information to be factual. The writer is a senior at San Jose State University.