I'm glad this has been partially rectified, and I do hope there's a little settlement for any lost wages and a LOT of policy re-vamping here.

If he truly was supporting a cause merely of Palestinian independence - let alone a restoration of proper boundaries and safety from continued invasion - then I don't see where this is more than hate-filled prosecutorial over-reach.

In their defence, though, there's been a concerted effort to conflate a religion with a government, and that's as wrong a bandwagon for us to jump onto as much as it is disenfranchising the thousands of people living there but practicing a different system of beliefs (or none at all). It's the start to an exciting internal purge based on beliefs from a people who should know better. Personally.

It's sad that we live in a world where such harmless statements will get you charged with hate crime. Those who try to silence the opinions they don't like are the ones truly committing hate crime.