Logical fallacies that Israel haters use, part 4

Continuing the series of logical fallacies that Israel haters - including academics who should know better - use when making their anti-Israel arguments.46. The Half-Truth: "Israel had Baruch Goldstein, Palestinians have suicide bombers. What's the difference?"47. Hero-Busting: "The Megillah itself describes a genocide by Jews planned by Mordechai!"48. Identity...

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Logical fallacies that Israel haters use, part 3

31. The "Draw Your Own Conclusion" Fallacy: "35,000 Gazans are dead. Whose fault is that?"32. The Dunning-Kruger Effect:  "I read Mondoweiss, so therefore I know everything I need to know about Israel."33. Noble Effort fallacy: "For decades, the US and EU invested countless hours into trying to achieve a two state solution and building up a Palestinian government....

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Logical fallacies that Israel-haters use, part 2

A continuation of a series about the many, many logical fallacies that we hear in anti-Israel arguments. When academics or supposedly wise pundits engage in these fallacies, it shows that they do not have any real arguments.  Part 1 here.16. Big Lie technique. "Israel is an apartheid state." "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza." "Most Palestinians are against...

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Logical fallacies that Israel haters use, part 1

I expect most anti-Israel voices to be idiotic, just as I expect more antisemites to be idiots.But especially since October 7, we have seen lots of academics making arguments against Israel that violate basic logical fallacies. One would think that educated people, especially those who teach students, would be embarrassed to say these arguments out loud. From a master...

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