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The fear of being labelled an antisemite has worked very well for silencing opposition for decades now. I guess Bibi thought that tactic would continue to work no matter how vile his government and military acts.
Oops.
I’m glad that tired, old trick is getting the skepticism it deserves. Even the slowest among us are realizing that if you’re discussing a non-denominational issue and being called “antisemitic” for it, then maybe the accusation is bullshit. Human rights should not be a religious issue.
It seems to be happening almost in real time. I was called an antisemite several times just a couple of months ago for expressing outrage at what Israel is doing. I don’t see that accusation being thrown around nearly as much recently.
It worked (and works) to head off criticism of the Israeli government because so much of the time there are antisemites whose supposed criticism of the government is there to mask hate.
But Netanyahu isn't Judaism. He's just a guy, and as a fallible human being he has made enormous errors of judgment and engaged in ludicrously unethical behavior.
It’s less effective because it’s a classic example of the boy who cried wolf. If you’re grouping people who are appalled by Israel’s conduct with actual antisemites then the accusation of antisemitism loses credibility.
We should have never listened. Excusing blatant crimes against humanity because the country doing it was made up of the different group that was the victim of a horrific genocide of the previous century was clearly a mistake in hindsight now that the circle is complete and they have become the genociders themselves. Every argument that Israel somehow special, that deserve to be treated differently was clearly a mistake and we must never repeat this mistake.
I don't really see how. Surely it's the people slinging that word around to try and shut people up that destroyed it?
Probably because it's a colony state, acting like a colony state. Oppressing the locals and acting like the victim when the locals inevitably lash out. Then using that as an excuse to take more land.
Ethnostates are inherently immoral, regardless of which race they are. Everyone should be treated equally under the law, regardless of race. Nobody should be a 2nd class citizen, apartheid is immoral.
And that's all before counting the ongoing genocide.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/human-rights-watch/
It is an ethnostate, by definition it does not treat people equally.
You also conveniently ignored the fact that they are committing genocide.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
How many Palestinian civilians have been killed?
How many bombs have been intentionally dropped on civilians?
See above definition on genocide. If thousands of dead Palestinian civilians (~50% of whom are children) isn't enough to be labeled as genocide then the definition you are using is a bad one.
Are you saying that when Israel bombed the Jabalia refugee camp, they were not intentionally killing civilians?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/18/israeli-airstrikes-kill-80-in-palestinian-refugee-camp
..and the bombs landing on their heads.
Not all genocides are done with equal fervor.
This was started in 1948 when Palestinians were forced from their homes. Playing a game of "who started it" doesn't justify anything.
Yeah... almost like they are totally OK with killing civilians (genocide).
Seems like you already know the answer to that question. Yet for some reason you're giving Israel a free pass for killing civilians. So effectively you're just arguing for terrorism. State terrorism, but terrorism nonetheless.
Good people don't kill civilians.
The definition of genocide contains no percentage threshold. You're making definitions up out of thin air.
But it is possible to not drop bombs on areas you KNOW civilians are at.
This is also not a part of the definition of genocide.
Yeah, so maybe they should stop dropping bombs.
Not only is this not true, but even if it were, as I've already pointed out it doesn't need to be similar. A genocide can be totally unique yet still fall under the definition of genocide.