I wrote about the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict all through my thirties, and always with the outcome of being called an antisemite for questioning the disproportionate use of force, targeting of civilians, hospitals, first responders and journalists by the IDF and Israeli settlers. I have been called antisemitic for saying that the intentional maiming of unarmed peacefully demonstrating Palestinian youth during the March of the Great Return was further evidence of crimes against humanity carried out by a rogue nation, belligerent in its confidence that there would be no consequences, as indeed, there were not. There is nothing antisemitic in calling for peace; in calling for an end to apartheid; in calling for the Human Rights of a people who have been imprisoned collectively since 1948. It is not, nor has it ever been antisemitic to oppose racist, exclusionary and dehumanising settler colonialism, and that is precisely why western media and leadership obfuscate the situation: should we confront the racist policies of settler colonialism inflicted by Israel on Palestine and the Palestinians, how could we turn a blind eye not only to historical settler colonial policies, but also to those still embraced by the nations that call themselves the leaders of the Free World?
Excellent analysis and painful to hear that the US is apparently aiding this effort against the Palestinians. What I find most offensive is the intentional conflation of Hamas and Palestinians in general for political purposes. A two-state solution where Jews and Palestinians could co-exist is a long-ago dream that appears will never be.
Excellent analysis and painful to hear that the US is apparently aiding this effort against the Palestinians. What I find most offensive is the intentional conflation of Hamas and Palestinians in general for political purposes. A two-state solution where Jews and Palestinians could co-exist is a long-ago dream that appears will never be.