The Smearing Of Emma Watson
JVL Introduction
In this post for Globetrotter–Independent Media Institute, Sut Jhally and Roger Waters look at the recent smear campaign against outspoken activist Emma Watson.
Any support for the Palestinian people seems to attract the weight of Israeli displeasure, as happened in this case with senior Israeli officials leading the denunciation of this post as antisemitic.
We have already reported on this story here, here and here.
The authors argue that throwing accusations of antisemitism around like confetti can have unintended consequences. If criticism of outrageous Israeli action is called antisemitic it devalues the term, and can let real antisemitism (the right-wing fascist variety that really does hate Jews as Jews) off the hook.
This article was originally published by Scoop on Sat 22 Jan 2022. Read the original here.
The Smearing Of Emma Watson
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“the widely adopted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism”
Not as widely adopted as some would have us believe.
We really need to support and appreciate the courage of Roger Waters. He comes from the best tradition of standing against injustice. They hate him because he has such a huge reach.
Data from 2021 Religious backgrounds are Jewish 74%, 17.8% is Muslim, 2% is Christian, and 1.6% are Druz and 4% other.
worldpopulationreview.com
Invite Ms Watson to write a guest article, pass it onto Labour List and The Guardian with an addendum on Labour parties treatment of the Jewish Community who support JC
No matter what the question the answer should be ‘Vexatious claims of anti semitism are hate crimes and should be prosecuted ‘