Gonna do a bit of a truth bomb here. They've had 4 posts hidden. A 5th means they'll be PPRd indefinitely. Of course they're going to wait until that first hide drops off, and then they'll be back. All that stuff about sinister behind the scenes warnings of serious stuff is drama and this OP would be a prime candidate for the old Meta forum. The OP is a decent person, as far as Americans go, and I've read posts from them on other topics that I really agree with and I've recd, and I think it'd suck if they did get to 5 hides.
Maybe it's just me, but if you start getting hides in the same topic, suck it up and own it, do a bit of self examination and hopefully work out before the 4th hide that you need to examine your approach to posting on the topic. Ive found over the years that treating both Israeli and Palestinian civilians as equally deserving of human rights is a surefire way not to have any posts hidden. With not a single post hidden of many thousands about the I/P conflict*, I'm living proof that it's not all that difficult to participate at DU without having to worry about being banned.
* quick disclaimer - the vast bulk of my DU posts have been in the I/P forum back before the jury system. Tho back then it was far easier to get tombstoned as the mods could make unilateral decisions, so that probs makes me even more resilient 
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