To reduce centuries of complex diasporic Jewish culture - often with a strong tradition of secularism, internationalism and, yes, anti-Zionism - to a simple support for Israel is, you guessed it, anti-Semitic
We've addressed this in the past here libcom.org/blog/does-anti…
Moishe Olgin, of the anti-Zionist Jewish socialist organisation The Bund: “Zionism means a fight against the Arab masses; they are to be deprived of their land, and the Arab working masses enslaved.”
Was he wrong?
Was he wrong?
The Bund also had a section in Israel. Eran Torbiner made this moving documentary on the subject
Of course, the most famous anti-Zionist group in Israel was probably Matzpen. @wrkclasshistory did a great podcast with some ex-members here workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/16/e17…
@wrkclasshistory Is it anti-Semitic to describe the creation of Israel as the "usurpation" of Palestinian land? Who would make such an offensive remark?
Oh yeah, David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel.
Oh yeah, David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel.
@wrkclasshistory So what is @MaajidNawaz doing weighing in on a topic he clearly does not have the intellectual capacity to engage with anything like the seriousness it deserves?
