All Jews must kill Zionism within Judaism
  • OgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Conflating all Jews with Zionism is actual antisemitism - and I am having a hard time getting past that this is the premise of the article. While there are some interesting ideas in here around decolonizarion and how Jews in the West can be actual anti-Zionists, she also treats the Jewish diaspora as a monolith - which is kind of antisemitic also.

    I think overall her exaggeration and generalization, while effective for a punchy title, pushes this particular piece over the line and it will be used as an example for tying leftwing anti-Zionist movements to antisemitism.

    If I’m misreading something I’d love to know, but this article is giving me some ethical trouble.

      • OgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Well, it is. So I don’t know what else to say about that. I for one don’t think it supports any argument to say that all of one race is responsible for a genocide, even when a majority of Jewish cultural establishment does in fact support Israel. It’s not a race thing. The Jewish diaspora is not a monolith. Saying that is the antisemitic part. The parts about critiquing that establishment, about critiquing the orgs and temples and their members that continue to support Israel is fair - but there are a significant numbers of diasporic Jews that speak out blatantly about ending the genocide. JVP for example, many local progressive Jewish cultural schools disavow Israel and support Palestine. To ignore these and lump all Jews together on one bucket is racism.