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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
My grandmother fled the holocaust. Now it's time for Jews to abandon Israel
Since the October 7 butchery of Jews by Gaza's reigning death cult, the anti-Zionist left and the antisemitic right have indulged in a masterclass of double standards and selective outrage. Social media algorithms, designed to inflame, flood our feeds with Gazan disaster porn. Instagram influencers are suddenly brave opponents of the Zionist colonial-settler state. Many of them know little of the Oslo Accords, of Yitzhak Rabin, of Ehud Olmert 's peace plan. They couldn't tell you who invaded and occupied the West Bank as soon as Israel was created (hint: it wasn't Israel, and it rhymes with 'Blordan') or who invaded and occupied Gaza (hint: it wasn't Israel, and it rhymes with 'Blegypt'). The online warriors elide the Arab states' sterling effort at wiping out Israel in 1967 and the attempted do-over in 1973. They denounce Israel's failure to create a Palestinian state while ignoring the repeated reluctance of Palestinians to condone a two-state solution during periods when a majority of Israelis believed it was not merely desirable but inevitable. So Jewish Australians have found it head-spinning, since October 7, to be collectively blamed for the plight of Palestinians by anti-Zionists who don't seem to give two stuffs about actual, real-life Palestinian people – activists who never mention the sinister coercions of Qatar, Iran or Hezbollah in Lebanon; who've never campaigned for the right of Palestinian refugees to escape Hamas' brutality by seeking better lives in neighbouring Arab states; who remain silent about Muslims being crushed in Syria, Chechnya, Yemen and Sudan; who chant catchy slogans whose subtexts they don't understand about rivers and seas, and globalised intifadas; who pretend that Iranian theocracy and jihadist ideology aren't a problem in Palestine or the wider Muslim world. Many pro-Palestinian Jews who detest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are rendered mute by a tsunami of foggy-headed anti-Zionist righteousness so selective that it smells like an anti-Jewish double standard. Many Jews also remain wistful about a homeland for the most persecuted group in history. There's still an allure to the Israel that my grandmother dreamt of when she fled the Holocaust; the Israel envisioned by Zionism's early pacifist-socialist, hippy-dippy kibbutzniks, of which today's anti-Zionists are unaware. But how far does the Actual Existing Israel have to stray from its founding principles and from the basic moral tenets of Jewishness – and for how long – before we stop making excuses for it? Loading Palestinians in the occupied West Bank endure lives of systematic dehumanisation under military law. Their Jewish neighbours, most of them in newly illegally built towns, enjoy the full rights of citizenship, sometimes with violent impunity. The settlements are an elaborate, militarised thicket of ethnic discrimination. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza have been crushed to within an inch of their lives, many of them too young to bear any responsibility for the jihadists holding them hostage. The annihilation of Gaza and the open rhetoric from senior Israeli cabinet ministers of ethnically cleansing the territory are not self-defence. Israel is no longer in an emergency, where all bets are off. It is now choosing a strategy. It is now proactively erasing the future of millions of people. If you suspect that a fair bit of the pro-Gaza hoo-ha is motivated by bias against Israel (and some of it is), read the work of Israel's own progressive independent media: Haaretz, +972 Magazine, and B'Tselem, and the Israeli historian Lee Mordechai's website Witnessing the Gaza War. Listen to my recent interview with the world-renowned Israeli genocide expert Professor Amos Goldberg, who wrote 'There's No Auschwitz in Gaza. But It's Still Genocide.'
The Age
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Age
My grandmother fled the holocaust. Now it's time for Jews to abandon Israel
Since the October 7 butchery of Jews by Gaza's reigning death cult, the anti-Zionist left and the antisemitic right have indulged in a masterclass of double standards and selective outrage. Social media algorithms, designed to inflame, flood our feeds with Gazan disaster porn. Instagram influencers are suddenly brave opponents of the Zionist colonial-settler state. Many of them know little of the Oslo Accords, of Yitzhak Rabin, of Ehud Olmert 's peace plan. They couldn't tell you who invaded and occupied the West Bank as soon as Israel was created (hint: it wasn't Israel, and it rhymes with 'Blordan') or who invaded and occupied Gaza (hint: it wasn't Israel, and it rhymes with 'Blegypt'). The online warriors elide the Arab states' sterling effort at wiping out Israel in 1967 and the attempted do-over in 1973. They denounce Israel's failure to create a Palestinian state while ignoring the repeated reluctance of Palestinians to condone a two-state solution during periods when a majority of Israelis believed it was not merely desirable but inevitable. So Jewish Australians have found it head-spinning, since October 7, to be collectively blamed for the plight of Palestinians by anti-Zionists who don't seem to give two stuffs about actual, real-life Palestinian people – activists who never mention the sinister coercions of Qatar, Iran or Hezbollah in Lebanon; who've never campaigned for the right of Palestinian refugees to escape Hamas' brutality by seeking better lives in neighbouring Arab states; who remain silent about Muslims being crushed in Syria, Chechnya, Yemen and Sudan; who chant catchy slogans whose subtexts they don't understand about rivers and seas, and globalised intifadas; who pretend that Iranian theocracy and jihadist ideology aren't a problem in Palestine or the wider Muslim world. Many pro-Palestinian Jews who detest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are rendered mute by a tsunami of foggy-headed anti-Zionist righteousness so selective that it smells like an anti-Jewish double standard. Many Jews also remain wistful about a homeland for the most persecuted group in history. There's still an allure to the Israel that my grandmother dreamt of when she fled the Holocaust; the Israel envisioned by Zionism's early pacifist-socialist, hippy-dippy kibbutzniks, of which today's anti-Zionists are unaware. But how far does the Actual Existing Israel have to stray from its founding principles and from the basic moral tenets of Jewishness – and for how long – before we stop making excuses for it? Loading Palestinians in the occupied West Bank endure lives of systematic dehumanisation under military law. Their Jewish neighbours, most of them in newly illegally built towns, enjoy the full rights of citizenship, sometimes with violent impunity. The settlements are an elaborate, militarised thicket of ethnic discrimination. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza have been crushed to within an inch of their lives, many of them too young to bear any responsibility for the jihadists holding them hostage. The annihilation of Gaza and the open rhetoric from senior Israeli cabinet ministers of ethnically cleansing the territory are not self-defence. Israel is no longer in an emergency, where all bets are off. It is now choosing a strategy. It is now proactively erasing the future of millions of people. If you suspect that a fair bit of the pro-Gaza hoo-ha is motivated by bias against Israel (and some of it is), read the work of Israel's own progressive independent media: Haaretz, +972 Magazine, and B'Tselem, and the Israeli historian Lee Mordechai's website Witnessing the Gaza War. Listen to my recent interview with the world-renowned Israeli genocide expert Professor Amos Goldberg, who wrote 'There's No Auschwitz in Gaza. But It's Still Genocide.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Professor prosecuted over tweets calling for Jews to be ‘de-Zionised'
An academic is facing a private prosecution over social media posts calling for Jews to be 'de-Zionised'. The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has brought three charges against Prof David Miller over posts on X. They allege that he used a public communications network to send messages of a menacing character, contrary to the Communications Act 2003. Prof Miller was previously found to have been unfairly and wrongfully dismissed by the University of Bristol in October 2021 after making comments criticising Israel. The CAA said the first message was posted on Nov 8 last year in relation to a discussion on violence in Amsterdam after a football match involving an Israeli team. It said: 'Last night's response by the brave Muslim communities of Amsterdam was necessary, but extremely measured and not at all proportional to the genocidal violence unleashed by Zionist terrorists on the Levant, on Muslims worldwide, or indeed in the provocations that preceded the measured response. Future incidents will likely involve a more proportional response. 'As well as being unwelcoming to Zionist colonists coming from Occupied Palestine, Europe must be unviable as a base for Zionist terror by Jewish supremacists who have infiltrated and are camouflaged among us. 'Zionist terrorist entryists must be expunged from European institutions, whether political parties, media, think tanks or elsewhere. Again, either institutions take the lead and conduct this work in orderly fashion with advice from experts on Zionist subversion, or the people will take care of it for them.' The first hearing is set to take place at Westminster magistrates' court on July 2, HM Courts & Tribunals Service confirmed. Prof Miller is alleged to have sent another message on March 20, saying: 'Every genuinely anti-Zionist Jew can count on being kept safe by the movement, when the time comes. Every Zionist Jew must be held accountable and de-Zionised. #DismantleZionism.' On March 24, he is said to have made another post saying: 'Protests are not enough. Listen to our brothers and sisters in Gaza. 'Those who are interested in ending this genocide must begin by targeting those responsible near them: the entire Zionist movement globally must live in fear of accountability until it is dismantled and its ideology eradicated. And let's be clear, there are Zionists everywhere. In every town and city. Find out where they are. #DismantleZionism.' He successfully claimed at an employment tribunal last year that he experienced discrimination based on his anti-Zionist belief. The CAA describes itself as an organisation of volunteers that works to 'expose and counter antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law'. Prof Miller has been approached for comment. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Hans India
6 days ago
- General
- Hans India
Boulder council tensions rise after antisemitic terror attack on Pearl Street
What started over a year ago as calls for a ceasefire in Gaza has now escalated into tense, emotionally charged city council meetings in Boulder — and, following a recent terror attack, the stakes have grown even higher. Council meetings, once filled with peaceful protestors waving both Palestinian and Israeli flags, have become volatile and increasingly hostile. In recent months, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have shifted from urging political resolutions to launching personal attacks — particularly at Jewish councilmembers. Some have been called 'Nazis' and 'baby killers' during public comment. Councilmember Tara Winer, who is Jewish, says she's felt unsafe for months. 'You can't have this kind of constant yelling and vitriol and then not have it turn to violence,' she said. 'Jews know it happens that way.' That fear became reality last Sunday, when a man threw Molotov cocktails at a peaceful group participating in a weekly walk for Israeli hostages on Pearl Street. Twelve people were injured, and two remain in critical condition. The attacker shouted 'Free Palestine' and expressed anti-Zionist views. Authorities later charged him with a hate crime, calling the act an antisemitic terrorist attack. The overlap in rhetoric — from council meetings to the attacker's statements — has alarmed officials. Councilmember Mark Wallach, who is also Jewish, said calling a Jewish person a Nazi is no different than using a racial slur: 'We would never tolerate that elsewhere.' The attack has deepened divisions on the council. A joint statement condemning the violence as antisemitic was signed by all but one councilmember, Taishya Adams. While she denounced the violence, she referred to the attack as 'anti-Zionist' instead. Her stance — along with past criticism from Jewish groups — has further strained internal dynamics. Boulder's city manager has suspended several protestors from attending meetings due to repeated rule violations. But disruptions persist. Since January 2024, more than 19 recesses have been called due to outbursts, some lasting hours. While no one blames city meetings directly for the attack, many worry the hostile environment is helping normalize dangerous rhetoric — and fear it may lead to more violence.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Academic faces private prosecution over posts on X
An academic is facing a private prosecution by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) charity over posts on social media. Three charges have been brought by the CAA alleging that Professor David Miller used a public communications network to send messages of a menacing character, contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. The first hearing is set to take place at Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 2, HM Courts & Tribunals Service confirmed. The case relates to posts on X, which Mr Miller is alleged to have published in recent months. The CAA said the first message was posted on November 8 last year in relation to a discussion on violence in Amsterdam after a football match involving an Israeli team. He is alleged to have sent another message on March 20, saying: 'Every genuinely anti-Zionist Jew can count on being kept safe by the movement, when the time comes. Every Zionist Jew must be held accountable and de-Zionised. #DismantleZionism.' On March 24, he is said to have posted another tweet saying: 'Protests are not enough. Listen to our brothers and sisters in Gaza. Those who are interested in ending this genocide must begin by targeting those responsible near them: the entire Zionist movement globally must live in fear of accountability until it is dismantled and its ideology eradicated. And let's be clear, there are Zionists everywhere. In every town and city. Find out where they are. #DismantleZionism.' Mr Miller was previously found to have been unfairly and wrongfully dismissed by the University of Bristol in October 2021 after making comments criticising Israel. He successfully claimed at an employment tribunal last year that he experienced discrimination based on his anti-Zionist belief. The CAA describes itself as an organisation of volunteers which works to 'expose and counter antisemitism through education and zero-tolerance enforcement of the law'. Mr Miller has been approached for comment.
