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[Barak @Kassutto]

@JeffreyASachs I think there may be something to that term anti-anti-Zionism.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@JewishWonk @CoreyWriting Some other examples: Israel is an “ethnostate” whereas others are nation states. All eyes on Rafa is raising awareness but speaking about Israeli hostages or Bibas children is manufacturing consent. LGBT for Hamas is intersectional alliance - LGBT for Israel is pink washing.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@DrRGeistPinfold @Amirmizroch Israel should just tolerate rockets from Hezbollah? Prior Israeli restraint allowed Lebanese to externalize cost of hosting Iranian terror proxy i.e. “Jews deserve rockets why should we be bothered?” If Lebanon can’t control their own territory from Hez’b they are not a sovereign

[Barak @Kassutto]

@havivrettiggur @just_whatever I remember hearing a certain podcast mention that Herzl was a journalist before he started his journey in earnest. I recall that Eliezer Ben Yehuda wrote a newspaper as well. Good company who got their start as such a nobody.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@Wurmserscribit Haviv’s argument should be “read” in the context it was delivered. He is speaking to masked protesters who dismiss any such claims as ancient history and/or biblical nonsense. His appeal to the listener’s “moral core” re: DP’s evidences this. This is not the sum of his views.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@VerminusM In other words, take the pen!

[Barak @Kassutto]

@adam_louis52328 If I understand you: post-WW2 nazi style anti-semitism became politically unacceptable in the west. Society relied on this well of anti-anti-semitism for many years to keep the public square safe. Now we need a new intellectual framework to address hateful anti-Zionism.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@shevereshtus Interesting recent episode of @havivrettiggur ‘s podcast with @adam_louis52328 on this question and, if I followed it accurately, whether we give easy cover to Jew haters to equate the two when we can/should condemn anti-Zionism as hateful on its own merits.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@robertwrighter @NonzeroNews The framing here is troubling: Did you see how Israel was dressed? Those Jews were just asking for it. Better to ask why does such a link exist? Are Russian-American or Ukrainian-American in the US in need of extra security as with synagogues? Who is driving this and why.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@OrenKessler Vatican City. American Samoa (generally land cannot be bought by non-Samoans), Palestinian territory which carries the significant penalty for sale of property to Jews. Even in England the King is considered the head of the Church.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@PeterBeinart Why are you citing the IAGC as a reputable source?

https://t.co/gxeLngfEFN

[Aizenberg @Aizenberg55]

➡️Update on my membership to the the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS):

Yesterday I joined the organization as a “genocide scholar,” paid my dues, and quickly realized I had started a trend. It turns out literally anyone can join this body and vote on matters that make international headlines—like the resolution claiming Israel is committing genocide.

A review of the ~600 membership list revealed that large numbers have no scholarly credentials at all. The group openly encourages “activists” and anyone interested to sign up. I found at least 80 members hailing from Iraq. Who voted for the Gaza genocide resolution? We don’t know—the ~100 votes were never disclosed. Could it have been dominated by this bloc? Hard to say.

But what happened next is telling: today the IAGS shut down its new membership page and, more importantly, removed its membership list from public view. Perhaps they no longer want the public to see who is really behind these votes, now that it’s been exposed.

Yes, there are some legitimate academics who are members. But when an organization with no standards, no transparency, and no accountability makes sweeping pronouncements about “genocide,” it isn’t scholarship—it’s politics masquerading as scholarship. And everyone deserves to know the difference.
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[Barak @Kassutto]

@politicalelle Neocon, globalists, rootless cosmopolitan, etc. Some are certainly misusing the term as a slur, but maybe not In the way you have identified.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@davereaboi @KevinRobertsTX @Heritage @TuckerCarlson Unfortunately @KevinRobertsTX is not making a serious response. No one of substance says or believes that criticism of Israel is anti-semitism. Rather, this is an unserious strawman pushed by groypers, their Qatari backers, and now apparently @Heritage

[Barak @Kassutto]

@ProfDBernstein @kampeas @Heritage @RJC @CUFI We could imagine a partisan project from either side that starts by addressing their own in-house anti-semitism, moves onto the anti-semitism on the other side, and closes with an argument re: the other side’s selective blindness on the issue.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@ProfDBernstein @kampeas @Heritage @RJC @CUFI It is more effective to clean your own house than to point to the mess at your neighbor’s. The trend of both parties to only address antisemitism on the other side turns Jews into a political football.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@DumisaniTemsgen Thank you. Those who only call out anti-semitism when it’s on the other side are using Jewish people as a political football.

[Barak @Kassutto]

@JewishWonk Open your eyes and escape the world of pareve hamenteschen. Butter makes them taste good!

[Barak @Kassutto]

@bariweiss @ollywiseman @TheFP Does CBS recognize disputed territorial claims across the board? Russia claims much of Ukraine belongs to Russia. Does CBS refer these Ukrainian cities as disputed or Ukrainian?

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@tedfrank @MaxNordau It’s worse than that. They are saying that 10/7 was justified.

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@HillelNeuer The international community had this incredible opportunity in funding UNRWA to use it as a moderating force in Palestinian society. It could be a tool for societal de-nazification akin to post war Germany. Yet we see just the opposite. What a terrible tragedy.