Thread by @mehdirhasan

This is the kind of crap I've been dealing with for the past 24 hours.

As a Muslim journalist, criticize Israel and you get called antisemitic.

But also as a Muslim journalist, criticize antisemitic tropes and you get called a 'sellout' and a 'Zionist apologist' etc etc.

This isn't actually that hard or complicated:

1) Criticism of Israel, a country, and/or Zionism, a political ideology, isn't in and of itself antisemitic.

2) Criticism of Israel and Zionism can sometimes be antisemitic.

Both these statements can be true.

Btw, much of the trolling & abuse I've had on here over the past 24 hours has had little to do with Israel/Palestinians. This tweet is a reminder that it's all to do with *Pakistan* & a lot of nationalists not liking anyone criticizing their government:

If anyone actually does care about my coverage of the violence in Gaza and Israel, you can watch my one-hour special on NBC's streaming platform @peacockTV:

You can watch my @MehdiHasanShow NBC interview with an Israeli government spokesperson, challenging him on Israel's bombing of apartment buildings, violations of international law, and accusations of apartheid and racism against the Israeli government:

Or you can read stuff like this:
thedailybeast.com/mehdi-hasan-an…

Lastly, some trolls keep posting this old tweet as if it's a 'gotcha' or hypocrisy. Thing is, it's fine to criticize the role of various lobbies pressuring politicians/journalists. But it's not fine to suggest the only Jewish state 'controls' the U.S. media. Language matters.