Calling Idi Amin a murderous dictator wasn't racism, although he was black.
Calling Benyamin Netanyahu a murderous authoritarian isn't antisemitism, although he is Jewish.
It's as simple as that.
People say, "Not all Trump supporters are racists, but all racists are Trump supporters" to condemn the MAGA movement, and love to infuriate MAGA supporters by calling them racist.
Would you agree that "Not all anti-Netanyahu people are antisemites, but all antisemites are anti-Netanyahu"? If so, expect to be treated the same way.
Being anti-Netanyahu puts you in the company of unsavory people. I want to distance myself from them as much as from pro-Netanyahu people.
@eribosot I'm basically anti-murderous authoritarian. If you want me on your side, don't be one, whatever your outward appearance. 🤷
@Eetschrijver What if being anti-one murderous authoritarian makes you pro-another murderous authoritarian?
@eribosot It couldn't. The world isn't black and white. Opposition against Mr Netanyahu's policies and actions doesn't imply endorsement of Mr Khamenei's, for instance. It is perfectly possible to oppose both.
What could be more destructive of Judaism than this twisted claim that efforts to stop #genocide by starvation, bombings, and bulldozers are "antisemitic." As Jews we can survive terrible attacks on us - from the Holocaust to Oct 7; but a genocide carried out by Israel is driving a wedge into the hearts of Jewish communities that will take far longer to heal. It shatters us.
The ADL, Trump, Netanyahu can name-call and troll, but Israel's horrific actions are driving this wedge—not activists demanding that it end. The Jewish community can only begin to heal when the horror is halted, the perpetrators are tried like Nuremberg, and a very long reckoning begins.
But Judaica will not heal for generations; we will remember this dark moment like we remember Kristallnacht and the Exodus.
Whatever they say, whoever you are, keep fighting. Judaism is on the side of life and of freedom. Every activist demanding peace is on the side of the Jews, and Jews are here alongside you, as you fight for the lives of Palestinians now terrorized and starving.
Antisemitism my ass.