Attempt by vice president of Jewish United Fund, Jay Tcath to incriminate freedom chant “Free Palestine” and quick response from president of Bosniak Brotherhood of Genocide Survivors, Idhan TahirovicPriča o najtežem srebreničkom vrisku: Nermine, slobodno kod Srba, svi hajte (DUPLICATE)
Letters: I am disturbed by what happened on Oct. 7 and what’s happening in Gaza
No ‘license to kill’
Regarding the op-ed “The phrase ‘Free Palestine’ is freeing no one, but it is killing some of us” (June 10): The phrase “Free Palestine” is killing nobody.
If we don’t live in a world where basic human rights are valued pertaining to religious affiliation, ethnicity or color of skin, the phrase “Free Palestine” shouldn’t need pondering, since we all know what is freedom, especially when we are deprived of it, such as what is happening to the Palestinians.
Therefore, the phrase “Free Palestine” is not a “license to kill” Jews or Zionists, as Jay Tcath, president of the Jewish United Fund, writes.
However, Israelis and Americans have said these things: “We are fighting human animals” (Defense Minister Yoav Gallant); “There are no innocent civilians” in Gaza (hostage Mia Schem); “We nuked the Japanese twice. … That needs to be the same here” (U.S. Rep. Randy Fine). Tcath doesn’t condemn those words but tries to criminalize the “Free Palestine” call for freedom.
For those of us who are not Palestinian, “Free Palestine” is a demand to end the apartheid in the only democracy in Middle East. “Free Palestine” is our plea for forgiveness from the innocent kids of Gaza who have been killed, maimed or starved to death with the use of U.S. taxpayer money.
“Free Palestine” begs the divine for mercy; we beg to be set free from the burden we can’t continue to carry watching the demise of humanity in Gaza.
Free, free Palestine!
— Idhan Tahirovic, founder, Bosniak Brotherhood of Genocide Survivors, Schiller Park
REAKCIJA U CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRAZA “SLOBODNA PALESTINA” NE UBIJA NIKOGA
Chicago Tribune; Pisma uredniku, rubrika – Mišljenja; objavio je, 13. juna 2025., drugo pismo Idhana Tahirovića, osnivača Bratstvo Bošnjaka preživjelih genocida. Ovo pismo je vezano za genocid u Gazi. Objavljujemo sadržaj pisma:
– U vezi mišljenja urednika “Fraza ‘Slobodna Palestina’ (10. juni) ne oslobađa nikoga ali ubija neke od nas”
Fraza “Slobodna Palestina” ne ubija nikoga.
Da ne živimo u svijetu gdje se osnovna ljudska prava vrijednuju po religijskoj pripadnosti, etnosu ili boji kože, fraza “Slobodna Palestina” ne bi zahtijevala dubokoumno razmišljanje, jer svi mi znamo šta je sloboda, posebno kada nam je uskraćena kao što se to događa Palestincima.
Prema tome, fraza “Slobodna Palestina” nije “licenca za ubijanje” Jevreja ili Zionista, kao što piše Jay Tcath, predsjednik Jewrejskog Ujedinjenog Fonda.
Međutim, Izraelci i Amerikanci govore ovako: “Mi se borimo protiv ljudi – zvijeri (Ministar odbrane Yoav Gallant; “U Gazi nema nevinih civila” (taoc Mia Scham); “Mi smo bacili nuklearne bombe na Japan dva puta” To bismo trebali učiniti ovdje” (U.S.Repubikanski predstavnik Randy Fine). Tcath ne osuđuje ove riječi ali nastoji kriminilazirati “Slobodna Palestina” poziv na slobodu.
Za nas koji nismo Palestinci, “Slobodna Palestina” je zahtjev da se zaustavi apartheid u jedinoj demokratiji na Bliskom Istoku. “Sbodna palestina” je naša molba za oprost, upućena nevinoj djeci Gaza, koja su ubijana, osakaćivana i morena glađu do smrti novcem kojim Vlada SADa uzima od poreza koji svi plaćamo.
“Slobodna Palestina” je molba Božanstvu za milost, mi molimo za oslobažeanje od bremena koje ne možemo nositi gledajući kako ljudskost umire u Gazi.
Slobodna, slobodna Palestina!
Idhan Tahirović, osnivač Bosniak Brotherhood of Genocide Survivors / Bratstvo Bošnjaka preživjelih genocida/.
