I get that being against Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank is not in itself anti-Semitism. That’s clear. Lots of people in these communities like to emphasize the point that being Jewish and supporting Israel’s actions are not the same thing.
Then something like this happens, and the mask comes off. People in this community think this man has some duty to fix the Palestinian crisis before he can expect to walk around in Italy with a kippah on.
Conflating Jewish people with the action in Gaza is anti-Semitic. Don’t bullshit us on other threads how you’re focused only on Zionism if you’re not going to condemn this here. And spare us the “I don’t condone it, but I understand it” crap too. You understand a racist mindset too well.
The issue is that the article is leaving out a lot of information and relies on Israeli-extremist claims such as by the ADL, who infamously defended Elon Musk for his Nazi salute, despite Musk also spreading 20th century Antisemitic conspiracies. Meanwhile the ADL calls any criticism of Israel antisemitic and their statistics are deliberately conflating the two.
We only have the description of what happened by the person injured. We have seen many times over the past years in Europe that Israeli tourist or local Israel-extremists have been instigating violence or deliberately provoking people in order to paint themselves as victims of Antisemitism.
Until we get the full picture from the police investigation, we should not jump to conclusions either way. It is possible that this was an antisemitic attack, which needs to be condemned, but it is also possible that this is another case of deliberate escalation to claim Antisemitism where it wasn’t the case.
The Maccabi TelAviv Hooligans roaming through Amsterdam, attacking locals and destroying property, then being painted as victims while celebrating their raids on the flight back home also left a very sour mark.
Either way, Israels strategy of lumping together Judaism and Israel is working to make Jews around the world less safe, which is crucial for Israel to claim itself as a “safe haven” for Jews.
I mean, the people going mask off are getting heavily downvoted and pushback in the comments. There’s still too many for my liking, but the prevailing sentiment seems to be consistently anti-racist.
I get that being against Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank is not in itself anti-Semitism. That’s clear. Lots of people in these communities like to emphasize the point that being Jewish and supporting Israel’s actions are not the same thing.
Then something like this happens, and the mask comes off. People in this community think this man has some duty to fix the Palestinian crisis before he can expect to walk around in Italy with a kippah on.
Conflating Jewish people with the action in Gaza is anti-Semitic. Don’t bullshit us on other threads how you’re focused only on Zionism if you’re not going to condemn this here. And spare us the “I don’t condone it, but I understand it” crap too. You understand a racist mindset too well.
The issue is that the article is leaving out a lot of information and relies on Israeli-extremist claims such as by the ADL, who infamously defended Elon Musk for his Nazi salute, despite Musk also spreading 20th century Antisemitic conspiracies. Meanwhile the ADL calls any criticism of Israel antisemitic and their statistics are deliberately conflating the two.
We only have the description of what happened by the person injured. We have seen many times over the past years in Europe that Israeli tourist or local Israel-extremists have been instigating violence or deliberately provoking people in order to paint themselves as victims of Antisemitism.
Until we get the full picture from the police investigation, we should not jump to conclusions either way. It is possible that this was an antisemitic attack, which needs to be condemned, but it is also possible that this is another case of deliberate escalation to claim Antisemitism where it wasn’t the case.
Recently a French teenager group caused havoc on a flight from Valencia to Paris, endangering the passengers and crew.
https://apnews.com/article/spain-france-airline-c3300d54258216358b83b8ad8da791cf
The Maccabi TelAviv Hooligans roaming through Amsterdam, attacking locals and destroying property, then being painted as victims while celebrating their raids on the flight back home also left a very sour mark.
Either way, Israels strategy of lumping together Judaism and Israel is working to make Jews around the world less safe, which is crucial for Israel to claim itself as a “safe haven” for Jews.
I mean, the people going mask off are getting heavily downvoted and pushback in the comments. There’s still too many for my liking, but the prevailing sentiment seems to be consistently anti-racist.
I hope that’s how it pans out.