Obviously the insane suffering of Palestine and Lebanon at the hands of Israel should be at the center of all of this conversation

However I do find myself additionally sympathetic and fascinated by how maddeningly bewildering it must be to be a non practicing Jewish person that’s never been a Zionist and lives in like Chicago or Miami. Especially if they have a special interest in history.

I had a Jewish professor like that in college who was a Holocaust scholar and contributed to a number of museums on the matter but she was primarily an expert in the history of American sport and how memory and history shape one another. And she sure as shit wasn’t a Zionist

Hope you’re doing well Dr. Lewis

Is it really "antisemitism" when people criticize state-sponsored genocide?

For decades, Israeli governments have cried "Antisemitism!" whenever someone criticised them.

Womp womp

The word as lost all meaning for me with how Israel and a good chunk of its people and Jewish people toss it around like "get out of jail" card.

Call me an antisemite all you want, I don't care anymore. doesn't mean anything to me. it's an empty word.

For Zionists, this is a feature, not a bug. They want Jewish people living outside of Israel to feel unsafe and unwelcome in their home countries, so they consequently consider moving to Israel.

Which is then used to justify its actions.
Reminds me a bit of the "war on terror".

Most governments in European countries label everything as antisemitism, including protesting against the Israeli government.

Through their stance, they force people to make a black and white decision between being passive or being considered an antisemite.

Israel’s actions are fuelling anti-zionism around the world

Fixed their title

Well, about that...

Anti-Zionism and/or being anti-Israel is not antisemitism.

that's straight out of the US' west asia playbook. despite their actions fueling more antisemitism, they get to use that antisemitism to justify any of their actions going forward by saying that if they don't do those things, people will come to wipe them out. it's a self-propagating problem that they can always rely on to shield themselves from criticism.

Israel is a terrorist ethnostate. I don't care about their stupid religions.