Post #1759117

@jaystephens It's fair to say that what Israel's government is doing to its neighbors, and what the settlers are doing to the people around them, is as unambiguously evil as any genocide, as any apartheid state. However, Matt Chun is attacking "Jewishness." He is perpetuating the myth that Zionism is in some way connected to Judaism. This does harm to innocent people. It does harm to the Jewish Voice for Peace activists putting themselves at risk speaking out about the Zionist state. It trashes Neutrei Karta folks putting their bodies on the line, being physically beaten by Israeli police as they protest in Israeli cities. Chun is, at least by the standards I maintain for myself, over the line into anti-semitism. I hope he thinks about what he writes in terms of conflating Judaism and Zionism. By writing what he's writing, he's only bolstering the narrative Israel's government wants to push.