Proving that the truth is often uncomfortable, my column from last week struck a nerve, prompting a flood of protest letters from the pro-Hamas crowd. In a misguided attempt to stifle free expression, these voices sought to have this newspaper retract my article, which was published in these pages last Saturday.

The Palestinian lobby even went so far as to introduce the newly coined term “anti-Palestinian racism” (APR), a concept designed to suppress critiques of the Palestinian narrative and open dialogue in our democratic society.