A short guide for all those who do not want to be anti-Semitic
âIâve heard a lot of people complain recently that they canât criticize Israel without being accused of being an antisemite. In fact, itâs very easy to criticize Israel without being called an antisemite, I do it all the time.
Here's a helpful guide:
đ· If you advocate for an âIntifadaâ, which means a violent uprising against the Jews in their homeland â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Israel is âOccupying Gazaâ without knowing that Israel forcefully removed all 9,000 of its residents from Gaza in 2005, and since then the only Jews living in Gaza have been 229 hostages that Hamas kidnapped - youâre an antisemite
đ· If you chant from the âRiver to the Seaâ, meaning the elimination of the sovereign state of Israel and home to its 9 million residents â youâre an antisemite
đ· If you think indiscriminate violence against civilians by a bloodthirsty mob is a form of "resistance" â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say there is âethnic cleansingâ without understanding that Israel does everything to minimize civilian casualties including pleading with the local population to evacuate before an attack - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say there is âgenocideâ without saying that if Hamas lay down itâs weapons today there would be peace, but if Israel does the same it will be eliminated - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say âFree Palestineâ without acknowledging the Palestinians refusal to in fact âfree Palestineâ themselves by signing all the offers Israel offered it over the years asking for only peace in return â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Israel is a âwhite supremacistâ country despite more than half of Israeli jews being from Arab and north African countries â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Israel is a âsettler colonialistâ state, despite Jews being indigenous to the land and Israel being a sovereign country for 75 years â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say indiscriminate violence against civilians by a bloodthirsty mob is a form of resistance â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you call Israel an Apartheid country without acknowledging that Arab-Israelis have equal rights and freedom of religion in Israel, and are freer here than in any other Mid East country â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you refuse to acknowledge the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and instead call it âthe situationâ or âthe tensions in the Middle Eastâ â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you oppose Israel because you stand with Muslims, but never made a peep about hundreds of thousands killed in Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Iran etc. â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you stand with Palestinians, but donât demand rights for Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon where they have none -- youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you refuse to believe the IDF, but think Hamas is a legitimate source of information â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you believe everything Hamas says, except their charter where they say they want to kill all Jews - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say murdering 1,200 men, women and children and kidnapping 229 is a response to Netanyahu being âright wingâ â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If your response to a massacre is to call for a "ceasefire" instead of the immediate release of the hostages and dismantlement of the perpetrators - you may not be an antisemite, but you're really dumb.
đ· If you say Israel attacks indiscriminately, and not in precise airstrikes against Hamas targets that happen to be purposly placed in schools, hospitals, and mosques â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Israel attacks just to âpunishâ Palestinians, and not in order to prevent more harm to Israelis from stockpiled weapons and terrorists â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If the only Israeli perspective you are willing to listen to are a few fringe Israeli academics or artists who hate their country â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you âstand firmlyâ against antisemitism when the perptrator is someone from across the political divide, but mix words over Palestinians massacring Jews in Israel â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you oppose âvictim blamingâ but feel the need to put horrors of October 7th âin contextâ whenever they are mentioned â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If youâve ever said âbelieve all womenâ but demand to see autopsies before believing women were raped in front of their friendsâ eyes â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If youâve ever proudly declared that âhate has no home hereâ but donât speak up against harassment of your Jewish friendsâ youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you support indigenous people yet donât care that Jews have had a steady presence in the land of Israel for thousands of years - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you're an LGBTQ+ allyâŠI canât even do this one, itâs too stupid.
đ· If youâre more concerned with exactly how many babies were beheaded instead of why the babies lost their heads â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say people are brainwashed by watching Fox News, but that Palestinians who are fed a steady diet of Jihad-glorification and Jew-hatred in their textbooks and childrenâs shows are freethinking freedom fighters â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Gaza was âstolenâ from a country called âPalestineâ and not won in battle against Egypt, who controlled Gaza until 1967 when they tried to destroy Israel â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Arab terrorism against Jews is solely a response to settlements, meaning it only began in 1967 when Israel won a war against Jordan (West Bank) and Egypt (Gaza) after they tried to destroy Israel â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say there was a sovereign country called âPalestineâ with a president and a flag before 1948 instead of the British Mandate of Palestine â youâre an antisemite (and also ignorant).
đ· If you say poor living conditions and lack of food in Gaza are the fault of Israel and don't mention Hamas spends billions of foreign aid dollars on weapons I youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say Israel cuts off electricity to Gaza, without acknowledging that Israel itself provides the electricity in the first place, and that Hamas repurposes virtually all the electricity and fuel for terrorism â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you blame Israel for Gaza running out water, but not Hamas who ruins the water infastructure and takes the water pipes and repurposes them as rocket launchers â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you compare the bloodlust of Hamas, an elected government that controls Gaza, to a few fringe extremists who exist in Israel like they do in every society â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you are afraid to call out Hamas terrorism because you think itâs offensive to Muslims â youâre an antisemite, and also racist.
đ· If you donât call out Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza through which they could send relief and take all the refugees, but refuse to - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you call to âend the blockadeâ without acknowledging that the blockade is only on 2nd use materials, and is a response to the smuggling of weapons aimed at Israel into Gaza â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you compare death tolls like theyâre basketball scores without acknowledging that Hamas is the source, and that they use their own people as human shields, preventing them from leaving dangerous areas despite the IDF warning them to - youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say you worry about Palestinian refugees but not about tens of thousands of Israeli refugees from the north and south who have had to evacuate their homes because of Hamas & Hezbollah â youâre an antisemite.
đ· If you say youâre not an antisemite but merely an antizionist, meaning you oppose the mere existence of a safe haven for the Jews in their ancestral homeland alongside itâs neighbors - well, you get the idea.
If that doesnât help â know also that you are also hurting Palestinian chances for afree and independent state.
You are actively pushing for war and fighting from the comfort of your home, instead of peace and co-existence. How does that feel?â
von @yaelbt:
