Unfounded charges of antisemitism made by pro-Israel organizations always increase when Israeli actions become particularly hideous. At times the myth of antisemitism crisis is amplified by pro-Palestinian activists like JVP head Rebecca Vilkomerson and Yousef Munayyer
Accusations that the group is antisemitic don’t hold up.
Meanwhile, in reality, civilians and children are mercilessly butchered in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine by Israel and its allies
In spite of the religious claims made by some Zionists, no state on earth was created by God, and there is no moral principle or natural law that mandates support for any state. Nor is there any moral principle or natural law that prohibits delegitimizing any state
New York civil liberties groups celebrated Mamdani’s orders as a step to protect the First Amendment right to criticize Israel. Israel didn’t see it that way.
For two decades, some Israeli officials & Israel partisans have worked to embed a new, Israel-focused definition of antisemitism in institutions around the world, from international bodies & national governments to college campuses in heartland America. As a result, advocacy for Palestinian rights is on the way to being curtailed and even criminalized as “hate.”
The attack in Manchester is evidence not of a rising tide of antisemitism but of something else entirely: a growing and dangerous political illiteracy being cultivated in our societies
This week in Washington, D.C., a federal judge made a ruling so shocking, so unprecedented, that it flips the First Amendment on its head. Judge declared that the Israeli flag is not a political symbol at all, but a racial one.
Project Shema, increasingly a presence on university campuses, uses progressive language while foregrounding the “harm” of anti-Zionism.
The Jewish Community Relations Council attacked a talk I gave to the U.S.’s largest children’s mental health system as “antisemitic” because I discussed Palestinian trauma. My employer bowed to the pressure. JCRCs all over the US work to stop Americans from learning the facts.