'Criticism of Israel Is Not Inherently Anti-Semitic': An Open Letter From Jewish Writers
'Criticism of Israel Is Not Inherently Anti-Semitic': An Open Letter From Jewish Writers
'We find this rhetorical tactic antithetical to Jewish values, which teach us to repair the world, question authority, and champion the oppressed over the oppressor.'
We reject antisemitism in all its forms, including when it masquerades as criticism of Zionism or Israel’s policies. We also recognise that, as journalist Peter Beinart wrote in 2019, “Anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic—and claiming it is uses Jewish suffering to erase Palestinian experience.”
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The fact that this even requires saying is a testament to how thoroughly drenched the (so-called) "west" is in regurgitated pro-Israeli propaganda.
Israel itself is drenched in a culture of racist anti-Palestinian tropes, and denial of the ethnic cleansing called the Nakba.
The crimes of the Third Reich are invoked disingenuously to construct a counterfactual demonization of the Palestinian people.
Meanwhile, Jews in the West are often antagonized in their communities and families if they challenge the prevailing dogma.
There is a soft but tragic irony, that many liberal Jews feel free to approach their religious heritage critically and skeptically, but any who question political doctrine are greeted as heretics.