"[A] famous movie, Exodus .. tells the story essentially as a US Western, and so basically makes #Israel into a Gary Cooper film, where they're out in the desert taking on the the indigenous people heroically.."
article contains links to a statement by over 1,000 [#Jewish professors opposing equating #antiZionism with #antisemitism. Also contains link to a statement by Jewish students of #Columbia with the opposite position]
A debate about the differences of #antiZionism & #antiSemitism isn't possible @freieuniversitaet . Some might say that's corrupted by design, but I'd call it a classic conflict of interest.
However, #FUBerlin president prof. Ziegler published today: “This kind of protest is not dialogue oriented. An occupation of university property is not acceptable. We welcome academic debate and dialogue – but not in this form,”
Haaretz is widely considered Israel’s leading liberal news source, but it has published and promoted some of the most harmful propaganda in support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
#Philosophy#Religion#Antizionism#Antisemitism#Weill: "Weil's philosophical and spiritual exploration spanned various religions, displaying a profound commitment to moral integrity and resistance against oppressive forces. Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge that her stance on anti-Zionism occasionally veered into territory that could be perceived as perpetuating anti-Semitic ideas. Although hereditarily Jewish, Weil's family background and upbringing had no formal connection to Judaism or Jewish religious practices. She held that her criticism was directed at authoritarian nation-states and their potential for colonialism and oppression, rather than the Jewish people themselves. In The Need for Roots, she emphatically declared that ‘there is no such thing as a holy nation, emphasizing her broader critique of the misuse of nationalism to justify oppressive regimes. This viewpoint also extended to her rejection of the Roman Empire, which she equally abhorred. Weil's critique of Zionism can be seen as part of her broader condemnation of the authoritarian nation-state, which she believed had the potential to lead to the horrors of twentieth-century fascism. ‘Indeed,’ wrote Leslie A. Fielder in a 1951 issue of Commentary, ‘what vague sense of an obligation to Jewry survived in her was expressed in revulsion, a passionate anti-Semitism that upsets for once her cherished method of honoring contradictories.’"
Today, I found out that we (#BabkaSocial) are part of an ADL conspiracy to fake antisemitism to protect Israel, and that this is proof antizionism is not antisemitism.
>> The UK courts have decided that it/they knows better than Jews on what is and isn't antisemitism
I'm not a Jew, and I'm genuinely interested in knowing what is the problem with the #British verdict that #AntiZionism is not #AntiSemitism?
In my understanding, the former is a POLITICAL movement that was born in late 19th century in the crucible of Antisemitism, while the latter is a racial and religious hatred movement that's been around for millennia.
From the linked article, I gather that the court protects anyone harboring #antiZionist views.
The author then says that is tantamount to the court "agreeing that #antiZionism is not #antiSemitism and it’s about bloody time," and it seems like you took exception to that, rather than the court actually drawing that conclusion
Further up in this thread, you said:
>>And to make that leap, that Jews are to Palestine what Native Americans are to the US, is really quite antisemitic
"A #Jewish man who lost family in the October 7 attacks was jeered at by protestors who made pig noises and pretend horns while at a San Francisco council meeting.
The incident occurred on January 8 at a #SanFrancisco Board of Supervisors hearing scheduled the day before a vote on a resolution to call for a #ceasefire in #Gaza."