all antisemites! classical antisemitism  and racism in general  is rooted in a basic fear of the other. but its modern form, dubbed new antisemitism, has restructured the terms in a different way, arguing that anti-zionism, and frankly any criticism of israels policies, is inherently antisemitic. this isnt a problem in abstraction.  benjamin netanyahu so regularly accuses every critic of israel of antisemitism that the prime minister has become a parody of himself. college campus protesters? antisemitic. international criminal court prosecutor karim khan? one of the great antisemites in modern times. the united nations? an anti-israel flat earth society. gaza? yemen? lebanon? iran? ireland? hollywood? all antisemites!  there is no controversy in noting that these blanket accusations of antisemitism provide political cover for israels endless aggression against all of its perceived enemies, all the way to genocide. in many ways, it is simply a new form of hasbara, a diplomatic pr and propaganda strategy to explain israels military actions, whether or not they are actually justified. related anti-defamation league maps jewish peace rallies with antisemitic attacks it is important to question whether advancing this theory of new antisemitism and equating criticism of israel with antisemitism is actually serving the aim of peace and security for anyone in the middle east.  and it is important to question whether greenblatt childishly telling the knesset that it needs to ramp up its war on hatred has any utility whatsoever. it takes nuance, consideration, mutual understanding, and delicate engagement to address deep-seated racism in society. the jewish community is not going to temper online trolls by blowing up tiktok commenters, either attacking them as enemies in an information war, or using the mechanisms of hasbara to overwhelm them with alternative facts.
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