Attacking Jews and human rights defenders is not attacking antisemitism
JVL Introduction
We are depressingly familiar with the way that Trump and his militantly pro-Israel backers attack Jews who defend Palestinian rights. It is only when a professor of Jewish studies compiles the many instances into a single narrative that the scale of the organised conspiracy against Jews who value universal human rights, “dissident” Jews, and other human rights defenders becomes clear.
The campaign, as Joshua Schreier concludes, is not an attack on antisemitism but on the independence of higher education which is an attack on democracy itself. As so often in the past, Jews are attacked and punished by reactionary forces in pursuit of their wider goals.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian on Sat 26 Apr 2025. Read the original here.
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Anyone seen what happened recently in Brooklyn, NYC ? Seems a pro Palestinian, who is possibly Jewish, got what might be a brick to the face/head by Zionist counter demonstrators. If you want to know more, check out Katie Halpers utube. There’s also footage that’s emerged showing a big crowd of Orthodox Jews following a pro Palestinian woman through the streets, while hurling rape threats at her. Nothing really said about it in our news, but apparently Palestinians and their supporters are ‘antisemites’.
Only a few months ago some Zionist attacked what he thought to be Palestinians, but turned out to be Arab Jews, in the US.