In the latest crackdown on free speech when Palestine is the topic, Jewish American journalist Katie Halper has been fired by The Hill for calling Israel an "apartheid state".Halper was initially blocked from making the comments in support of the Democrat member of the US Congress, but was later dismissed from her job.Tlaib was attacked by colleagues and journalists for saying that it is no longer possible to remain progressive and continue to be a supporter of the state of Israel.Predictably, pro-Israel groups slammed Tlaib's comment as anti-Semitic, and Halper wanted to push back against the criticism and drafted a segment of her podcast examining Tlaib's remark.The segment also contained a quote from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak who said that Israel could become an apartheid state if it didn't change course."