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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2 mo
A key point in this piece can be applied more generally: collective punishment or collective blame is inherently racist or antisemitic. We can't blame all Arabs or Muslims for Islamist terrorism, we can't blame all Jews for Israel's policies. We can blame organizations for their stances
Avatar The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 2 mo
“Antisemitism must be identified and fought, but so too must efforts to squash legitimate protest of Israel by conflating it with antisemitism.”
When is criticism of Israel antisemitic? A scholar of modern Jewish history explainstheconversation.com In recent years, the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism has taken on renewed importance and competing definitions of antisemitism have emerged. What is antisemitism?
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2 mo
And, yes, Israel's collective punishment of all Palestinians for Hamas's terrorism is more than misguided: it is so very wrong, and it is counterproductive.
@spike29.bsky.social · 2 mo
It’s more than very wrong. It’s a war crime.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2 mo
No argument here.
@heim2yankel.bsky.social · 2 mo
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Jonny Pants @jonnypants.bsky.social · 2 mo
They def shouldn't be allowed in international competitions.
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Bob’s Your Uncle @bobsyouruncle.bsky.social · 2 mo
Kind of like blaming all college protesters for the words or actions of a few idiots.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 2 mo
Exactly, whereas we can blame individual university presidents for endangering their students