This phrasing in the article’s summary is problematic: “Several of them renounce the anonymity of the petition and at the same time reveal their Semitic nation

This phrasing in the article’s summary is problematic: “Several of them renounce the anonymity of the petition and at the same time reveal their Semitic nationality.” Asserting “Semitic nationality” is part of an old trope that Jews are themselves a nation that transcends boundaries and do not abide allegiances to where they live. It shouldn’t even matter at all whether they’re Jewish and protesting cooperation with Israel. It doesn’t make this stance any more credible.