The term ‘antisemitism’ has been weaponised and stripped of meaning – and that’s incredibly dangerous | Rachel Shabi
www.theguardian.com
Israel uses it to silence critics of its Gaza war while the right uses it to attack opponents. Meanwhile, the issue itself goes unaddressed, says author Rachel Shabi

When the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials in November, the response from the country’s government was all too familiar. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected outright the warrants for alleged war crimes in Gaza against him and the former defence minister Yoav Gallant, calling them “an antisemitic decision”. The ultranationalist national security adviser, Itamar Ben-Gvir, declared that the court had shown “once again that it is antisemitic through and through”. And the transport minister, Miri Regev, chimed in, claiming: “This is modern antisemitism in the guise of justice.”

  • Lvxferre
    51·
    5 days ago

    Fuck Off, everytime you act like fucking Nazis, we’re going to call you fucking Nazis, and if you threaten or attack us, we’re going to hurt you worse than you can ever imagine ~ Jews

    Emphasis mine. Who’s that generic “you” in your comment?

    I’m asking because, in this context, it reads like “critics of the war”, so it implies “criticising the war is to act like a Nazi”, something blatantly false.