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The Fallacy of Antisemitism
New York Cesar Chelala
Calling antisemites or anti-Israel those that--
Condemn the massacre of civilians caught in the middle of the Gaza war;
Denounce the repeated violations of international law
and basic rules of civilized behavior;
Condemn starving thousands of civilians
and the creation of a famine
of almost unprecedented proportion;
Call ruthless and cruel the actions
of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
which have caused more damage to Israelis
and to Israel’s prestige around the world
than anybody could do;
Condemn the eviction of Palestinians
from their own homes
and the settlers’ violence against Palestinians;
Condemn the almost total destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure,
hospitals, and social and religious buildings;
Call cruel and ruthless the displacement
of hundreds of thousands of people
from their homes to an uncertain but perilous
future, their hopes forever dashed;
Denounce the burying of thousands of children
under the rubble of buildings bombed to smithereens;
Call Bibi Netanyahu a war criminal
(as per the International Criminal Court)
who has all but destroyed a long Jewish
tradition of compassion and humanity
and has made Israel a pariah state in the world.
Question those Israelis that despite social pressure
still try to find an understanding with the Palestinians;
Question Israeli organizations such as Physicians for Human Rights
or B’Tselem for their reports on the abuse of Palestinians’ human rights.
Calling antisemites, I repeat,
those that call attention to those actions
--that have caused unfathomable levels of destruction
and death-- makes a mockery of that word and of the most elemental
sense of justice in the world. |
