Amnesty says it’s still genocide; could Israel actually lose its UN membership this time?; does Israel know the meaning of “ceasefire”?; is propaganda the problem for Israel?; Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months
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.”
Virtually the entire enterprise of Judaism—and nearly every organization charged with stewarding it—is infected with a voracious rot… Jewish day schools, ADL, Jewish leaders, Seinfeld sitcom fortune…
Israeli forces killed at least 61 Palestinians in Gaza; newborn baby dies of malnutrition; Palestinian killed in West Bank, another dies in prison; Israeli settlers desecrate West Bank church; Columbia University urged to reverse adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism; more
Antisemitism is used by Israel to divert focus from its genocide in Gaza, the real material violence that we should be condemning.
Jonathan Greenblatt seems to think that criticism of Israel’s brutal acts, not the acts themselves, could promote a violent response from observers abroad.
Giraldi: Are you tired of hearing about antisemitism? Simply stop killing Gazans, and the anger directed at Jews might end.
Children are still the primary victims of Israel’s attacks; Israel escalates attacks on families and shelters in Gaza; Hamas willing to release all captives for five-year truce; why do conservatives fighting ‘antisemitism’ actively target US Jews?
Palestinian journalist, his family killed in Israeli airstrike; severe threat of famine as flour runs out; Israel proposes 40-day Gaza ceasefire deal; Pro-Israel groups, politicians demand Francesca Albanese’s UN mandate end now; US suspends dozens of federal grants for Princeton in “antisemitism” crackdown; more US warplanes head to Middle East
The Forward: The film advances a mindset that suggests Jews can only be victims, and never aggressors, and offers a distorted framing of alleged antisemitism