• dlatch@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Always fun how Israel apologists fall back to “you’re an antisemite” once they know they have no valid argument left.

    You’re devaluating “anti-Semitism” by misusing it, and as a result you are hurting Jewish people. Furthermore, by equating Israel to Judaism, you’re propagating that any misbehaviour by the Israeli government reflects the will of the Jewish people, further damaging the Jewish people worldwide.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t need to apologize for something that is justice.

      And you guys are antisemitic as hell. By definition. And… Fun fact! There aren’t jews outside of Israel and the countrys that support it. (Uk, Germany, USA, Canada…) there are just about 16 million, over 7 million of those live in Israel.

      You are antisemitic.

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        5 months ago

        “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”

        This is the working definition of antisemitism as per the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Criticising the Israeli government for behaviour they exhibit does not fall under this definition, and therefore we can’t be “antisemitic as hell. By definition”.

        Stop equating Israel to the Jewish people, they are not the same.