Thank you for another thoughtful piece on a subject that demands nuance. I am glad that journalist are starting to ring the alarms about anti jewish sentiment stemming from the actions of the Isreali goverment. AIPAC makes a convenient target for Americans to take out their frustrations with the Isreali Goverments policies. It doesn't help that we are feed curated information that often lacks balance
Excellent points n reminders! But their influence is perhaps exacerbated by the fear of being labeled anti-semitic! That narrative needs to be confronted constantly: "Criticism of the brutal military Apartheid regime of the Israeli government is not anti-semitic!" N.B. aren't there 34+ states that have anti-bds legislation?
criticizing Israel is not antisemitic. but…you can criticize Israel and be antisemitic, just like you can praise Israel and be antisemitic. so we need to be careful of that too…especially in cases like this where antisemitic tropes actually end up helping aipac often.
Thank you for another thoughtful piece on a subject that demands nuance. I am glad that journalist are starting to ring the alarms about anti jewish sentiment stemming from the actions of the Isreali goverment. AIPAC makes a convenient target for Americans to take out their frustrations with the Isreali Goverments policies. It doesn't help that we are feed curated information that often lacks balance
Excellent points n reminders! But their influence is perhaps exacerbated by the fear of being labeled anti-semitic! That narrative needs to be confronted constantly: "Criticism of the brutal military Apartheid regime of the Israeli government is not anti-semitic!" N.B. aren't there 34+ states that have anti-bds legislation?
criticizing Israel is not antisemitic. but…you can criticize Israel and be antisemitic, just like you can praise Israel and be antisemitic. so we need to be careful of that too…especially in cases like this where antisemitic tropes actually end up helping aipac often.
Agreed.