As Israel Gets More Murderous, We'll Be Hearing Even More About Anti-Semitism

As Israel Gets More Murderous, We'll Be Hearing Even More About Anti-Semitism

Sept. 26, 2024

ISRAEL IMPERIALISM - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Caitlin Johnstone

"Anti-Semitism, it's a trick. We always use it." ~Shulamit Aloni, former Israeli Minister

The very first time you get accused of hating Jews for voicing legitimate criticisms of Israel’s actions, you immediately understand that the whole narrative about an epidemic of “anti-semitism” in our society is a complete lie.

The Israeli military says it’s preparing a ground offensive in Lebanon as it continues to hammer its neighbor to the north with bombs. Which of course means we’ll be hearing a lot of anxious hand-wringing from the western political-media class about “anti-semitism” in the coming weeks.

We know we’ll be hearing a lot more about anti-semitism because that’s what always happens whenever Israel does something profoundly evil. People start objecting to its atrocities and demanding that their government stop facilitating them, and the imperial spinmeisters start framing these objections as a frightening rise in anti-Jewish bigotry in order to delegitimize and silence them.

The very first time you get accused of hating Jews for voicing legitimate criticisms of Israel’s actions, you immediately understand that the whole narrative about an epidemic of “anti-semitism” in our society is a complete lie.

You’re like “It’s bad to murder children by the thousands” and someone tells you “Ah so you hate Jewish people then,” and you say “No I definitely do not,” and they say “Yes, yes you most definitely have very strong negative opinions about the members of a small Abrahamic religion.”

The thing about smear campaigns is that once they are seen and understood, they always make the smearer look worse than the one being smeared. Keep calling this bullshit out for what it is, and help everyone understand that this is a slimy, disgusting manipulation that’s being used to defend some of the most evil things happening in our world today.

Reading by Tim Foley

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