Primer on what is and isn't antisemitic re: I/P
by Sarah Tuttle-SingerĀ Ā on Facebook:
I feel like the world needs a basic primer on this:
Criticizing Netanyahu and the current government of Israel isnāt antisemitic.
Holding Jews everywhere responsible for the actions of the Israeli government and calling them N@zis is.
Supporting Palestinian rights isnāt antisemitic.
Saying Jews donāt deserve self-determination anywhere and that Israel has no right to exist is.
Advocating for peace, equality, and dignity for both peoples isnāt antisemitic.
Celebrating the murder, kidnapping, or r@pe of Jews is.
Being horrified by the suffering in Gaza isnāt antisemitic.
Denying or minimizing the suffering of Israelis on October 7 is.
Opposing specific Israeli policies isnāt antisemitic.
Using classic antisemitic tropes about Jewish power, money, blood, or control is.
Wanting an end to the war isnāt antisemitic.
Calling for the elimination of Israel while demanding no other nation on earth disappear is.
Criticizing Netanyahu isnāt antisemitic.
Saying āthe Jews are Nazisā is.
Supporting Palestinian nationalism isnāt antisemitic.
Erasing Jewish indigeneity and history in the land is.
Calling out extremism in Israel ā including the army ā isnāt antisemitic.
Applying a moral standard to Israel that you apply to literally no other country is.
Wanting accountability for all sides isnāt antisemitic.
Attacking random Jews, synagogues, or Jewish businesses around the world is.
Feeling grief for Palestinian children isnāt antisemitic.
Mocking or dismissing or even celebrating dead Israeli children is.
Defending free speech on Israel-Palestine isnāt antisemitic.
Harassing Jewish students and making campuses unsafe for visibly Jewish people is.
Saying Palestinians deserve freedom isnāt antisemitic.
Saying Jews are ācolonizersā is.
Calling for coexistence isnāt antisemitic.
Calling for intifada āfrom the river to the seaā without acknowledging what that means to many Jews is.
You can oppose war without opposing the existence of a people.
You can advocate for Palestinians without dehumanizing Jews.
You can love Israelis and Palestinians enough to believe neither should have to bury their children.
Do better.
