The "Antisemitism" Moral Panic Has Officially Jumped The Shark by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2024-05-02 at 18:07:23 )

The "Antisemitism" Moral Panic Has Officially Jumped The Shark by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

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So, to be absolutely clear, Israels top government official has announced that charges against himself and other Israeli leaders for obvious war crimes like intentionally bombing and starving civilians would be both "antisemitic" and a "hate crime".

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to the International Criminal Courts rumored plans to indict Israeli officials for war crimes by claiming that for the ICC to do so would be an "antisemitic hate crime".

Yes, you read that correctly.

"If this does happen, it will be an indelible stain on humanity. It would be an unprecedented antisemitic hate crime that would add fuel to the antisemitic incitement that is already raging in the world," said Netanyahu this past Tuesday.

So, to be absolutely clear, Israels top government official has announced that charges against himself and other Israeli leaders for obvious war crimes like intentionally bombing and starving civilians would be both "antisemitic" and a "hate crime".

So, to make things even clearer, when a supporter of the state of Israel claims to be sincerely super duper worried about "antisemitism", this is the kind of thing they are talking about. This is what the label "antisemitism" has come to mean. It means literally any opposition to, criticism of, or consequences for a nuclear-armed genocidal apartheid ethnostate which is backed by the most powerful empire that has ever existed.

I need you to understand that when an Israel supporter claims to be very sincerely concerned about "antisemitism", this is the "antisemitism" they are talking about: "please see here:"-Caitlin Johnstone (caitoz) May 2, 2024

Keeping that in mind, let us turn now to the bill that just passed in the United States House of Representatives which can be used to suppress entirely legitimate political speech critical of Israel as "antisemitic".

Antiwars Dave DeCamp reports"

"The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that conflates criticism of the modern state of Israel with antisemitism and will mandate that definition be used by the Department of Education when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws.

"The bill could be used to crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at college campuses across the country, who have been falsely labeled "antisemitic" despite Jewish students participating in the protests.

"The legislation adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliances (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which lists "drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis" as an example of antisemitism.

"The IHRA also defines antisemitism as applying "double standards" to Israel by "requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation" and "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination" by "claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.""

House Passes Bill That Conflates Criticism of Israel With Antisemitism
The legislation adopts a definition of antisemitism that could be used by the Dept of Education to crackdown on college protests by Dave DeCamp DecampDave #Gaza #Israel #censorship "please see here:"-Antiwar.com (Antiwarcom) May 1, 2024

This comes as House Democrat Richie Torres teams up with Republican Mike Lawler to advance a bill which would create "antisemitism monitors" on university campuses which receive federal funding, which means the United States government is actively working to police political speech in response to criticisms of United States government policies. Perfectly normal thing to happen in a healthy liberal democracy.

And again, this is happening within a political climate in which the Israeli government publicly announces that "antisemitism" includes charging Israeli war criminals for extensively documented war crimes.

The thing about conflating support for Israel with Judaism and criticism of Israel with anti-semitism is that it necessarily asserts that there is a religion which holds as an article of faith that your tax dollars must be used to murder foreigners in the middle east, and that any objection to this on your part therefore amounts to religious persecution.

Anyone who makes this conflation is saying, "Judaism is a religion which believes your tax dollars need to go toward support for the military adventurism of the state of Israel, and if you do not like it then you are basically a Nazi."

Bipartisan Bill Would Create "Antisemitism Monitors" at College Campuses
Pro-Palestine protests have been falsely labeled as "antisemitic" even though many Jewish students are involved by Dave DeCamp DecampDave #Gaza #campusProtests #FreedomOfSpeech "please see here:"-Antiwar.com (Antiwarcom) April 29, 2024

Which is as self-evidently ridiculous as any position could possibly be, from any angle you could possibly look at it.

Obviously the religion of Judaism itself does not say that western governments should be backing nonstop mass military slaughter in the Palestinian Territories and in Israels neighboring countries, which is why many Jews do not hold the position that this should be happening.

And even if that was a fundamental tenet of the Jewish faith, a religion which asserts that a foreign country has a right to immensely consequential support from your countrys government would need to be criticized aggressively and relentlessly.

You do not get to claim that criticism of any part a powerful countrys foreign policy is not allowed because such criticism is against your religion or religiously persecutes you. That is not a thing.

The "antisemitism" moral panic has officially jumped the shark. It has long been absurd, but now it is a parody of itself. Things are only going to get dumber and more insulting to your intelligence from here!

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