Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom said Friday that college students at universities across the United States have been brainwashed into pushing an anti-Israel sentiment since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
“I don’t where these people are getting their information from,” Freedom told Fox News. “Maybe it’s TikTok. That’s why a lot of the college students are brainwashed right now.”
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The former NBA center has friends of both the Muslim and Jewish faiths who are terrified to walk through their own campuses out of a fear of being attacked, he said.
“I see more and more hate every day between these two nations, religions, whatever you want to call it, but we got to educate these people,” according to Freedom.
“I see these, like, videos of kids that they can’t even show the Israel or Palestine on a map, and they’re just going out there and speaking about it or protesting about it.”
The youth in the streets and on campuses need a real understanding of what is happening, and relying on news about the conflict from TikTok has been very damaging, he said.
When the former NBA player began speaking out for human rights, he came under attack, and he said that the students now living in fear must not give up on their convictions.
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“Whatever you believe and stand up for, then, do not ever, never, hide because if you believe that what you’re standing up for is right, just go for it,” Freedom said. “Hiding is not an option.”
“I know it can be dangerous sometimes, but, you know, this is your form of protest … the one thing I will say is just stay motivated, stay courageous, and go out and express yourself.”
