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1/2 We should all live to see Mehdi Hasan's face the first time he is called "Zionophobe" in front of an audience. On the one hand he is proud of being anti-Zionist, so he cannot deny the charges. On the other hand he will resist the analogy with Islamophobia which would force
2/2 to philosophize on what "identity" is, be it religious, national or historical which, again, will steer the conversation to where we can win hands down: the moral imperatives of Zionism and the racist deformities of Zionophobia - the ugliest word in town.
1/2 Mehdi Hasan's embarrassment will not end here. Once the conversation shifts to discuss the right of Jews to a homeland, he will be facing a dilemma: (1) To be honest and declare (like barghouti) that Jews are not a people or (2) To say that Jews, if well behaved, are entitled
2/2 to some semblance of sovereignty in the land. Theoretically, option (2) would get him off the hook but, unfortunately, he can't lose his support base of Arab rejectionists for whom such an admission amounts to a betrayal of 120 years of bloody wars and uncompromising denial.
