Israel and “the Jews” are NOT one in the same.
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
that old excuse was eviscerated in several of the articles I linked to
you must have not taken the time to read them, although you did request them
would that you discover with whom you are in bed
Here's just a sample
"The answer they would no doubt give themselves — that it is Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians that drives their actions — can’t possibly account for things like the a-historical nature of their critiques, the tolerance and excuses for violent resistance against civilians, and the sheer vitriol unleashed on Jewish students. For this reason, the mystery of the social justice movement’s embrace of radical pro-Palestinian groups and their corresponding rejection of Israel is usually explained as nothing more complicated than anti-Semitism, albeit cloaked in the new language of anti-Zionism.
It’s certainly true that some of the more nefarious groups operating on college campuses are anti-Semitic. But there’s another historical explanation for how the feminists, the LGBTQ activists, the racial justice activists and the Palestinians ended up in bed together, one that is in some ways even more disturbing than the simple charge of anti-Semitism."
another by: Philip Spencer is emeritus professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Kingston University and a visiting professor in politics at Birkbeck College. He is the co-author with Robert Fine of
Anti-Semitism and the Left: On the return of the Jewish Question, Manchester University Press, 2017
The shame of antisemitism on the left has a long, malign history
Philip Spencer
flag. The anti-semetism that shows from some posters is disgusting.
