Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said that 60% of those who post critical things about Israel are “bots…especially in America.” and that “we have to contend with it.” The House of Representatives took that cue and launched an investigation into Wikipedia for what they allege are “efforts to advance antisemitic and anti-Israel information in Wikipedia articles related to conflicts with the State of Israel.” Why is this a matter for Congress? Why would U.S. lawmakers concern themselves with how Israel is represented on Wikipedia? Shouldn’t their job be to safeguard American interests, not to police online narratives about a foreign government? And it doesn’t stop there. A school district in California just voted to display the Israeli flag on all campuses and district facilities in an effort to “fight antisemitism.” What!? Public education buildings in the United States are now required to fly the flag of a foreign government? School board members say that this is necessary because “Jews are being killed and slaughtered on the street, and threats are happening.” If murder is the metric we’re going for, the Palestinian flag should be displayed too, right? This doesn’t combat antisemitism—it fuels resentment, division, and the very hostility it claims to oppose. The post Whose Flag Are We Flying? appeared first on Redacted.