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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Israel Belongs to the Jews (Judean Rose)

Disclaimer: the views expressed here are solely those of the author, weekly Judean Rose columnist Varda Meyers Epstein. Contrary to popular antisemitic belief, Jews are not “white Europeans” who so rudely colonized land where “Palestinian” Arabs had lived for thousands of years. First of all, Jews are neither European nor white. Secondly, one cannot colonize one’s own land....

Antisemites framing the discussion so Israel can't win

Israel-haters/antisemites often use an exceptionally effective method to win in the court of public opinion, known a "framing." When one sets the ground rules of what is and is not up for debate, they can create a playing field where the Zionist or Jewish side cannot win. Forcing Jews to argue within those parameters gives them a huge handicap.One classic example is to pretend...

Even Selichot prove you cannot separate Judaism from love of Zion

During the weeks before Yom Kippur, Jews throughout the world add special supplications to prayers called Selichot. The theme of Selichot is repentance and praying for forgiveness. But even within that theme, you cannot separate Judaism from the longing for Zion that comes in all prayers.Here are some of the selections from today's Selichot (Nusach Ashkenaz):The Lord is great...

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica explains how Zionism "is the lineal heir" to the age-old Jewish attachment to Israel

From Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 edition:ZIONISM. One of the most interesting results of the anti. Semitic agitation has been a strong revival of the national spirit among the Jews in a political form. To this movement the name Zionism has been given. In the same way that anti-Semitism differs from the Jew-hatred of the early and middle ages, Zionism differs from previous...

Cool Jewish unity posters from the '70s

I have been quite disturbed by the partisanship and division happening in Israel, and while I have some opinions, I have been mostly reluctant to discuss them because I try to be more about what every Zionist can agree upon, not division.So I enjoyed this 1974 poster from the Joint Israel Appeal. (I had tweeted it and Ian put it in the earlier linkdump.)Apparently I'm...

Every time anti-Israel activists sing "lo yisa goy" it is a self-own

IfNotNow tweeted on Sunday, "BREAKING: 13 Jewish IfNotNow activists were just attacked by security at the Israel Bonds Conference as they prayed Maariv to protest the visit by genocidal Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who called for a Palestinian town to be wiped out."The video doesn't show them praying Ma'ariv. It shows them singing one of their favorite songs,...

There is a relationship between Zionism and modern Islamic antisemitism

Former HRW head Ken Roth and other haters of Israel like to claim that antisemitic attacks by Muslims to Jews are often a response to Israel's actions, and therefore Israeli actions is partially responsible for those antisemitic attacks.There is a tiny grain of truth there, but the modern antisemites are looking at the issue from the wrong angle.We need to have a short overview...

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1902, recognized that Zionism was a historic part of Judaism

From the 1902 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica:Less than a decade after the term was coined, the writer - Lucien Wolf - recognized clearly that modern Zionism was a direct "lineal heir" to the longtime Jewish attachment to the Land of Israel since the Jewish nation's first exile.Today's scholars find such an idea anathema, because it would mean that the Jews have a historic...

12/14 Links Pt2: No, Zionism isn’t out of date: Why the US arrests some terrorists but ignores others; Professor reveals pervasive antisemitism at University of Toronto Medical School

From Ian: No, Zionism isn’t out of date Ha’aretz columnist Anshel Pfeffer does not believe in Zionism. He doesn’t oppose it, he just thinks talking about it is a category mistake: You cannot be either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist, he says, just as you cannot be a veteran of Iwo Jima unless you were born at least 90 years ago and fought in that battle. Zionism isn’t an ideology....

At Berkeley Law, everyone can choose their identity - except Jews. Everyone has free speech - except for nearly all Jews.

At Berkeley Law School, faculty and staff members are encouraged to include their preferred pronouns in email signatures. Students can indicate their preferred pronouns on their law school applications, as well as on their name tags during student orientation.Clearly, the right to identify oneself as one wishes is important at the law school, and anyone who chooses to ignore...

Is Ukrainian Nationalism The New Zionism? (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosThis month, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote about The Triumph of the Ukrainian Idea, by which he means the often disparaged idea of nationalism. According to Brooks, nationalism is actually a good idea after all. After all, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is a nationalist, and that meansHe is fighting not just for democracy but also for Ukraine...

Recent EoZ memes

Way before Princess Leia, other royals adopted the famous hairdoIn response to yet another idiot claiming the British Mandate coin proves "Palestine" Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here! &nbs...

Jordanian news site: Palestinians were the biggest victims of the Holocaust, and Jews are today's Nazis

This was predictable.Columnist Hamada al-Farana at Jordanian news site Ad Dustor writes:The Palestinian Arab people were the most affected peoples in the whole world from the results of the Nazi fascist European massacres against the Jews for several fundamental reasons:Get out the popcorn. First, because we, as Arabs, Muslims and Christians, our culture does not allow...

Arab antisemitism: The hate that cannot be named

I came across an online copy of Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Essential Reference Guide, a 2014 volume that attempts to distill the conflict to less than 400 pages, including source materials. Written and edited by southeast Asia-based academic Priscilla Roberts, it attempts to be even-handed and there is little that is offensive or too inaccurate (it certainly has...