Good lord, I’m starting to REALLY hate Israel for playing the anti-semitism card whenever it feels like it. They’re weaponizing it, bluntly. At best, this inflationary use doesn’t cause any harm other than watering down the meaning of the word antisemitism. However, at worst it becomes the very reason for the genocide against all of Israels perceived enemies. Which is happening right now.
I like this quote:
“Back in the days, an antisemite was a person, who didn’t like jews. Today, an antisemite is a person, who jews don’t like.” (A holocaust survivor. Forgot the name.)
Israel also benefits from the growing genuine antisemitism that arises from a combination of their weaponisation of the term “antisemitism” and their attempt to equate Israel with the Jewish people; Jewish people overseas feel unsafe (whether due to genuine antisemitism, or the exaggerated rhetoric of constant and extreme antisemitism everywhere), and thus more convinced of the need for Zionism.
It’s pretty fucking fucked.
I like that quote. Anti-zionist Jews who have been protesting Israel’s actions have my infinite respect. I have some friends in that scene, and the amount of work they have been putting into anti-zionist activism is honestly insane. I’d say that I don’t know how they manage to keep up such high amounts of protest up for so long, but I already know the answer to that: they find strength in their Jewishness — regardless of whether they actually believe in God (I know a couple folks who are fairly observant despite being agnostic/atheist), they know that what Israel is doing is an insult to the Jewish culture and ethics that shaped them. That, and they lean heavily on a community of other anti-zionist Jews who understand what it means to be Jewish.
They lost that word when they commited domicide and did fucked up things to Palestinian prisonors. What was formerly anti-sematism is the objectively morally correct stance. The Israeli businesses here need another round of vandalism.
Good lord, I’m starting to REALLY hate Israel for playing the anti-semitism card whenever it feels like it. They’re weaponizing it, bluntly. At best, this inflationary use doesn’t cause any harm other than watering down the meaning of the word antisemitism. However, at worst it becomes the very reason for the genocide against all of Israels perceived enemies. Which is happening right now.
I like this quote:
“Back in the days, an antisemite was a person, who didn’t like jews. Today, an antisemite is a person, who jews don’t like.” (A holocaust survivor. Forgot the name.)
Israel also benefits from the growing genuine antisemitism that arises from a combination of their weaponisation of the term “antisemitism” and their attempt to equate Israel with the Jewish people; Jewish people overseas feel unsafe (whether due to genuine antisemitism, or the exaggerated rhetoric of constant and extreme antisemitism everywhere), and thus more convinced of the need for Zionism.
It’s pretty fucking fucked.
I like that quote. Anti-zionist Jews who have been protesting Israel’s actions have my infinite respect. I have some friends in that scene, and the amount of work they have been putting into anti-zionist activism is honestly insane. I’d say that I don’t know how they manage to keep up such high amounts of protest up for so long, but I already know the answer to that: they find strength in their Jewishness — regardless of whether they actually believe in God (I know a couple folks who are fairly observant despite being agnostic/atheist), they know that what Israel is doing is an insult to the Jewish culture and ethics that shaped them. That, and they lean heavily on a community of other anti-zionist Jews who understand what it means to be Jewish.
They lost that word when they commited domicide and did fucked up things to Palestinian prisonors. What was formerly anti-sematism is the objectively morally correct stance. The Israeli businesses here need another round of vandalism.