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#antisemetism

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I am coming back to the subject of the #Australian GO8 universities definition of #antiSemetism because the controversy is an itch I feel compelled to scratch. It follows my reading of an article published by The #Conversation (whose authors’ biases are duly noted in the margin) which highlights the weaknesses of our language when it is used to define and pin down the meaning of a word describing ‘others’. This weakness is mostly evidenced when emotions are at play, and there are few subject matters where emotions rules our head more than when we talk about ‘others’.

As the authors explain, “[the] Controversy has centred on where the definition moves to conflate antizionism and antisemitism. Some scholars and activists believe it mutes legitimate discussion about Israeli state violence towards Palestinians.

The competing Jerusalem Declaration was subsequently endorsed by around 370 leading scholars of Holocaust history, Jewish studies, Antisemitism studies, and Middle East studies. It defines antisemitism as “prejudice, discrimination, hostility or violence against Jews as Jews”. Its authors claim the declaration aims “to protect a space for an open debate about the vexed question of the future of Israel/Palestine”.

I have to say that the latter (The Jerusalem Declaration) is the better and more workable definition in a context where policies and actions of the #UltraNationalist #Netanyahu govt can rightly be condemned and criticised without expressing anti-semitic sentiments. Most, if not all, other definitions would favour one extremist ideological perspective over another.

Source: theconversation.com/a-new-defi

Just as we know and understand that a fascist State (Russia) misuses the term #fascism as a false flag to legitimise its invasion of a neighbour’s (Ukraine) internationally recognised territory, we should also recognise that the terms anti- #Zionism and anti- #Semitism are conflated by ultra nationalists in the State of Israel and those who support their expansionist and racist ideologies.

For the record, I support a two state solution even if I cannot see how we get there given past and present circumstances. Perhaps the toppling of the Netanyahu’s govt is a small step along that road. And my saying this should in no way be construed as expressing anti-semitism.

As this example shows, definitions of Semitism need not exclusively describe the Jewish people which is a recent (late C19th) trend.
Semitism: “Cultural characteristics attribute to the semetic people.” (Source: EOD)
“Semitic people or Semites is a term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group associated with people of the Middle East, including Arabs, Jews, Akkadians, and Phoenicians. The terminology is now largely unused outside the grouping "Semitic languages" in linguistics.” (Source: Wikipedia)

This broader meaning only serves to confuses contemporary discussions at large (trust our media outlets to confuse us all further for clearly political reasons).

The ConversationA new definition of antisemitism from Universities Australia is attracting criticism – two historians explain whyAt the core of the ongoing debate over definitions are genuinely different understandings of what constitutes antisemitism.

For those wondering why everything is antisemitic all of a sudden.

From a Jewish student at the University of Sydney, link below:

"For many Zionists, criticism of Israel is interpreted as malicious and an existential threat to the future of the Jewish people, warranting a multitiered response that seeks to curtail free speech regarding Israel via laws, government policy, media standards and social media regulations.

This is always framed in terms of a response to “antisemitism”, but the borders between valid criticism of Israel and anti-Jewish bigotry are purposefully obscured to provide political protection for Israel and its supporters. "

#auspol #australia #israel #gaza #sydney #antisemetism #freespeech

smh.com.au/national/nsw/as-a-j

The Sydney Morning Herald · As a Jewish academic, I have not experienced antisemitism at Sydney UniBy Eva Shteinman

A first-hand account from the citizen journalist regarding the footage she shot of the Israeli Hooligan attacks that were falsely claimed as #antisemetism by main stream outlets around the world. Funny how the people that claim that dis and misinformation is the problem, all the while the "ministry of truth" is the one actually doing it.

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Today in Labor History October 7, 1944: Uprising at Birkenau extermination camp (associated with Auschwitz). Jewish Sonderkommando, mostly from Greece and Hungary, attacked the SS with stones and hammers, killing three of them, and set crematorium IV on fire and threw their Oberkapo into a furnace. Sonderkommando were Jewish prisoners who were forced by the Nazis, on threat of their own deaths, to dispose of gas chamber victims). After escaping, the rebels reached Rajsko, where they hid in the granary, but the SS pursued and killed them by setting the granary on fire. By the time the rebellion at crematorium IV had been suppressed, 212 members of the Sonderkommando were still alive and 451 had been killed.

The #propaganda spread by the #terrorist #zionist entity is cracking; it will only get worse for them as they continue to #murder and mutilate thousands of innocent #civilians in their frustration of decisive defeat at the hands of the steadfast #resistance. This means that we'll now see more of fake sobs, "projection", fake #antisemetism blames, and fake #history, combined with increased terrorist attacks on women and #children.
Be prepared and don't lose #hope! Their days are numbered!

@nus @dalehandyman@mastodon.online

Did I tell you that? No. I did not?

The more you and those you defend keep attacking me with false accusation the more #zionism has transformed into the only actual truth.

I deserve the right to self-determination, and until that is granted in conversation, we cannot have a debate.

I didn't tell you to believe this man, and I absolutely don't agree with your #antisemetism that says I'm loyal only to #jews or #Israel.

@defcon201 @defcon @rightscon @palestinenews @palestina @gazawatch

I've treated you with more love and kindness than the other 80 million refugees and still you shut the door.

Not listening and insisting a Canadian that feels threatened by your words change a foreign government policy is #antisemetism.

Telling me to fix a situation that is not Canadian or "the beatings will continue" is just evil.

Why can't we talk without your "appeal to the masses" false arguments ☮️✡️🇮🇱

@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

You call it activism. I call it hate speech because it fits the definition of #antisemetism

You can argue against reality.

For fun explain how the same actions you condone aren't applicable to yourself. But you can't research, you are just a useful puppet for actual genocide loving terrorists.

If you bothered to research terrorism, historical incidents, actual history beyond 1948, or read an actual book you would have an opinion.