Indeed. But sometimes, people who are "just criticizing Israeli actions" actually is anti-Semitic.
prevalent. My opinion is very close to Josh's here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-un-resolution …, which is very anti-settlement. But there is 6/
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Please give evidence for your claim about slurs "from the Left." I have faced & stridently oppose anti-Semitism.
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I'm talking about swastikas showing up on posters at leftist rallies, and organizers not reacting with horror.
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I have not seen that, and yes, I would find it to be a problem if I did.
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I've seen stuff like this regularly since college.pic.twitter.com/uxHrfA9waA
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absolutely a cavalier willingness to conflate serious objections to Israeli policy with anti-Jewish attitudes. 7/
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The idea that Jews don't need a homeland is an example of a cavalier attitude that ignores millenia of persecution 8/
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and escape, and a *very* recent genocide attempt. The idea that "Jews" aren't a cohesive enough group for this to matter 9/
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is common on the left ("Jewish isn't a race" is used to deny the suffering Jews have faced and for political purposes) 10/
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So while I agree with, and appreciate, the fact that there are disgusting attacks against good-faith activists that use 11/
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anti-Semitism to shut down legitimate criticism, we should be as critical of things that look anti-Jewish as we are 12/
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of things that look anti-black, anti-muslim, anti-gay, etc. We're all in this together, and American Jews should not 13/
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feel out of place on the left, given their politics. We can do better. 14/14
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