fifteen points made clear, and here are the first three, with the rest at the link;
1. I hate writing about Israel. The accusations of anti-semitism
which necessarily go along with literally any criticism of that nation
are gross enough, but even worse are the assholes who take my criticisms
of the Israeli government as an invitation to actually be anti-semitic.
They really do hate Jews, they really do think that every problem in
the world is because of Jews and they post Jewish caricature memes and
calls for genocide in the comments section on social media and it’s
incredibly gross and I hate it. It feels exactly as intrusive, jarring
and violating as receiving an unsolicited dick pic. But the Israeli
government keeps committing war provocations and massacring
Palestinians, so it’s something I’ve got to talk about.
2.
Anti-semitism (or whatever word you prefer to use for the pernicious
mind virus which makes people think it’s okay to promote hatred against
Jewish people) is a very real thing that does exist, and I denounce it
to the furthest possible extent. Anti-semitism is also a label that is
used to bully the world into accepting war crimes, apartheid,
oppression, and mass murder. Both of those things are true.
3.
There were dozens of Palestinians killed and well above a thousand
injured in the Gaza protests over the US moving its embassy to Jerusalem
yesterday. I haven’t found any report of so much as a single Israeli
injury. The only way to spin this as the fault of the Palestinians is to
dehumanize them, to attribute behaviors and motives to them that we all
know are contrary to human nature. To paint them as subhuman orc-like
creatures who are so crazy and evil that they will keep throwing
themselves at a hail of bullets risking life and limb just to have some
extremely remote chance of harming a Jewish person for no reason. This
is clearly absurd. A little clear thinking and empathy goes a long way.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/05/15/fifteen-thoughts-about-israel/
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