1/8 Hell yeah, let’s redefine #antisemitism in such a way that everything not mentioning explicit #Jews or compares #Israel with the worlds worst atrocities is NOT #antisemitic.
Ripping The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) apart.
2/8 -12: Criticizing or opposing Zionism as a form of nationalism. Sure. Where is the bond between #Judaism & #Zionism? Forgotten and completely whipped of the table. I even suspect that the eternal bond between #Jews and #Israel is completely ignored.
3/8 -13: Racial discrimination. Settler-colonialism. Apartheid.
Nice sum-up. This implies that all 3 occur in #Israel and is an open house for the #Jew hating bunch.
Racial discrimination. Any country where it’s not? Hint – black face a worldwide phenomenon. BLM movement?
4/8 -13: Settler-colonialism. Apartheid.
Colonialism needs a mother country and for #Jews that is?
Apartheid in #Israel compared to SA? Not a shred. All citizens have the same rights in #Israel.
5/8 -14: Boycott, divestment and sanctions are commonplace, non-violent forms of political protest against states.
If there was ANY other BDS movement I’d agree. There’s only one and that is singling out #Israel. Period. #China? #Iran? #Russia? All good guys. No BDS movement.
6/8 -14: In the Israeli case they are not, in and of themselves, antisemitic.
Uh-huh. Ever listened to the BDS founders statements? There will be NO #Jewish state anymore rings a bell? Incredible that JDA classifies this as NOT #antisemtic.
7/8 -15: Double standard. Unreasonable and reasonable speech.
What? #Jews worldwide are held accountable for #Israeli actions. Nobody else with a double nationality is accused of being more loyal to a country they don’t live in. It’s unreasonable speech only. Simple.
8/8 Overall: this piece is a complete bend over and allows attacking #Israel / #Jews in a matter that’s not common to any other country or group.
The whole world is and will remain obsessed with the only #Jewish state and keeps ignoring real atrocities.
1/15 Self-loathing (self-hating) #Jews and the existence of #Israel. After WW2 a lot of #Jewish survivors denied their #Jewishness all together. Converted to Protestantism, became hardcore socialists or even communists. Pretending to by one of the many, instead one of the few.
2/15 Examples in my little family. Another hiding place was to marry non-Jews. Male Jew & non-Jewish woman broke the bloodline. Female #Jew & non-Jewish male was a reason to not follow Jewish traditions. No Brit Milah, no Bar/Bat Mitswah, nada. Also examples in my little family.
3/15 Remember this was in the early 1950/60’s and the man of the house decided most. The deeper thought, no, the huge fear that something like the #Holocaust could happen again was the reason for this. Don’t show the outside world you’re a #Jew, you could be round up next time.