But here’s the trouble: the Israel lobby (and yes, there is one) has spent decades painting every form of legitimate resistance to and criticism of Israel’s outrageous and illegal human rights abuses as one form of “anti-Semitic trope” or another. 2/
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If Palestinians arm themselves to resist an illegal occupation that has been going on longer than I’ve been alive, they are painted as “terrorists” who hate Jews and should find their MLK. 3/
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If they embrace non-violent boycotts, as MLK did, they are smeared for discriminating against Jewish businesses in an echo of Kristallnacht. 4/
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If they try to try to follow the lobbyist money, as every effective movement does, they are told they are playing into either the “dual loyalty” trope or the “Jewish bankers” trope (or both). 5/
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When you add up all the tactics that are off limits for supposed antisemitism, there are almost no tools left for Palestinians to defend their internationally enshrined human rights. Which, conveniently enough, is exactly how the Israeli gov and its blind supporters want it. 6/
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In light of all this, as progressive Jews, we need to do four things at once: A. Understand that certain words and framings trigger our historical trauma and that they can indeed be very dangerous. 7/
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B. Be intensely aware of the fact that there is an arm of the Israeli government (Hasbara) that exists to expertly exploit those fears and that trauma in order to silence dissent so that Israel is free to inflict pain and suffering on another people. 8/
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C. Stand up against that machine with our full selves, including by forcefully defending heroes like
@IlhanMN D. Insist on zero tolerance for antisemitism and all forms of hate in our movements. 9/Näytä tämä ketju
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EXACTLY My grandmother was Jewish So it is with perspective that I say
#Zionists =#WhiteSupremacists =#Nazis will the Zionists stop murdering Palestinians when they get to SIX MILLION DEAD??? Asking for a PeopleKiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Man your takes get worse and worse. "wise to apologise" "petro populism". What happened to the lady that wrote the shock doctrine? Blink twice if you are held hostage.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers U. Not that Naomi.