How to defend against antizionism – Part 3

An Arsenal Against Antizionism: How to Reclaim the Language

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If antizionism is sustained through language, then language is where it must be confronted.

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How to defend against antizionism – Part 2

Hostility as a Virtue: The Moral Logic of Antizionism

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Distinct forms of anti-Jewish hostility are produced in response to what a given society considers morally persuasive, intellectually legitimate, or politically necessary. What changes is the language through which violence justifies itself.

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How to defend against antizionism – Part 1

Part 1: Diagnosing the problem

Today we rely on the word ‘antisemitism’ to describe all anti-Jewish sentiment. The word sprang into popularity through Wilhelm Marr’s The Victory of Judaism Over Germandom (1879), which mounts the antisemite’s moral case while rejecting the religious persecution of prior centuries.

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Worse than Nazism: It is Babi Yar all over again

Hitler taught the Arabs how to slaughter Jews, yet it can surprise us that the Einsatzaruppen’s chapter in Gaza City could not find a 50-foot deep ravine to gun down the 1200 or more Jews who were massacred on Saturday morning. Read more

Heat grows on state Liberal leader over trans-furore MP

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto is under fire for suspending rather than expelling Moira Deeming from the parliamentary Liberal party. Read more