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Criticising Israel and its vile government is not anti-semitism. [1]

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Date: 2023-10-23  

It is pernicious and widespread — the conflation of criticism of Israel and its vile far right government with anti-semitism.

They are not one and the same but the tactics of some desperate to insulate Netanyahu and his thugs from criticism is to link them.

Sadly they are often successful.

It is bullshit and I will continue to call it out.

The equivalent would be to claim that because I have great sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians I support Hamas.

That is bullshit too.

A pox on the Hamas savages and a pox on the government of Israel.

But just one other thing that seems lost in this — Israeli voters elected Netanyahu and his far right thugs.

Supporters of Israel love pointing out it is the only true democracy in the ME.

It is — and its people have elected increasingly right wing governments that continue to pile pain and pressure on Palestinians and do all they can to ensure a two-state solution — the only way out of this mess — is never achieved.

Netanyahu is widely reported to have assisted Hamas in the past to ensure the Palestinians remain split in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Those voters share the blame for this too and not just Netanyahu — they’re the ones who keep putting him in office.

I can only hope he and his settler extremist allies are thrown out of office and a decent government is voted in.

I will not hold my breath.

Israeli voters wanted Netanyahu in office and they got what they wanted — congratulations.

Enjoy!

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