Advertisements Facebook is facing considerable pressure to treat the word “Zionist” as a proxy for Jew, and to police its use as it might do antisemitism. The fight to sway the social media giant has become a focal point in the fight over collapsing the concepts of anti-Zionism and antisemitism.Continue Reading
Advertisements [NOTE: In this piece, I address a number of arguments that make the claim that BDS is antisemitic. If readers want to suggest GOOD FAITH arguments that ought to be addressed here, please leave them in the comments. I will add to this piece as appropriate. – M] BDS.Continue Reading
Advertisements You knew it had to happen, didn’t you? Israel’s absence from most of the 2020 election campaign couldn’t last. In Georgia, we see the ugly face of Israel-Palestine politics from both sides. Republican Kelly Loeffler launched a disingenuous attack on Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock calling him anti-Israel and implyingContinue Reading
Advertisements There is a long-standing tradition in Israel and in many pro-Israel circles around the world to identify critics of Israel as anti-Semitic or, at the very least, irretrievably biased against Israel. This rhetorical device has become increasingly weaponized, in and outside of Israel. Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine Director, OmarContinue Reading
Advertisements Last week, a Biden campaign staffer launched an attack on Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Linda’s crime, apparently, was to do everything she could to defeat Donald Trump. The attack against her was triggered when she said, “The Democratic Party is not perfect, but it is absolutely our party inContinue Reading
