Comment on House Passes Bill That Defines Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism”
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThe big one is right here:
“Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”
This is a slight of hand where they conflate judaism and Israel. The definition starts out as explicitely about Judaism and move towards being explicitly about Israel.
Here is a link where I go into more detail: lemmy.world/comment/9797297
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But saying something like “Denying the Muslim people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a sovereign Palestine is a racist endeavor" would get nothing but dropped jaws and racist bleating.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exactly.