“We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,” said one protester.
Israelis protested on Saturday night, calling for a ceasefire and the resignation of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tens of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv to demand that the government reach a deal with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
They also called for new elections, accusing Netanyahu of prolonging the conflict to keep himself in power.
I am curious to witness the mental gymnatics necessary to call these Israelis antisemitic…what absolute nonsense will need to be implemented this round?
I keep seeing this comment but what people seem to not realize is they won’t be called anti-semitic. We assume they will because that’s what we’ve seen a lot from some groups, but they don’t see anything inconsistent with not applying it more widely. Calling someone anti-semitic (outside of legitimate cases which sadly have happened a lot as well) is just an easy cudgel bad faith actors deploy because it’s basically an automatic W in an argument/accusation.
So you’re saying Israelis protesting the genocide won’t be called antisemitic while non Israelis still may and those doing the name calling don’t realize their hypocrisy? Just trying to understand.
The people who are throwing around the term “anti-Semitic“ to critique basically anybody who criticizes Israel and its government are unlikely to critique people who live in Israel protesting this, yes. I’m sure we can find examples of people who will, but likely they will just kind of pretend it’s not happening or tell themselves it is a small minority that doesn’t need to be addressed (or whatever mental gymnastics they feel like using)
They don’t get called antisemitic, they get called “self hating Jews”.
I logged on after reading about the ceasefire, just to look for articles here, where the comments will inevitably say it’s not enough and they’re electing Trump bc they’re so far left.
What does “left” have to do with it? Is it only leftists who object to genocide?
The number of voters dumb enough to switch from Biden to Trump is insignificant. What’s going to happen is a whole lot of voters are just going to give up and stay home, and it won’t have anything to do with how far left they are.
Just like every damn election, the left is telling the establishment how to attract voters, the establishment is ignoring the left, then the establishment will blame the left. The vast majority of those engaged enough to call themselves leftists are going to vote for Biden. It’s the barely engaged working Americans who are going to check out.