“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism—it states—is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present. “The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic. This resolution ignores the fact that even today, certain Orthodox Hasidic Jewish communities … have held views that are at odds with the modern Zionist conception.”

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Anti-Zionism is not antisemitic.

Lumping in all Jewish people with the genocidal apartheid ethnostate absolutely is.

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Holy shit that’s poignant

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Hey Congress, the Israeli Government sucks and not all Palestinians are bad people.

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Congress 🤯

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I wish.

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“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism – it states – is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present.

…and who also happens to be Jewish.

And that’s the what; here’s the why:

AIPAC Throws Millions at Possible Insurgent Campaigns to Unseat Progressive Democrats

In a mounting offensive by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, to unseat progressives who speak up for Palestinian rights, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, who has been courted by AIPAC, announced earlier today he is launching a primary challenge against New York Congressmember Jamaal Bowman.

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to Unseat Progressive Democrats

No wonder so much of the party voted for this.

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Progressives need to get meaner. This is the point where they need to stage a coup within the Party and push out these neolib, pro-capitalist, anti-progress, establishment hacks.

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Just looking out for different rich people.

And in many cases, the same.

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This is ridiculous, the first anti zionists were all Jewish. Some were even assassinated for their views. Zionism should not be conflated with Jewishness at all.

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Unfortunately, that’s too nuanced a presentation of facts for most people to digest. No one actually knows anything about history anymore.

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I am so tired of this bullshit and of Isreal’s bullshit. I don’t care if people think I am antisemitic because technically I am. I am in the same way I’m anti Christian, Muslim, Buddhism, Odinism and every other religion. Can we please stop using superstition as a reason to kill and hate eachother when there are plenty of good reasons to already do that or better yet just stop doing it all together.

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Then you’re anti-judaism, not antisemitic

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Hey thanks for teaching me something new! I appreciate it.

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given that almost all jews support zionism, I don’t really get why people stress making this huge distinction.

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Religion isnt the reason, it’s just the excuse.

The reason is money and power. It always has been.

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I think the best term is “anti theocracy” and while Israel is in theory a democracy they are first and foremost a theocracy because the democracy is a right only reserved for those inside the theocratic construct.

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No they are a secular democracy. Their laws are not based on Judaism. Judaism prohibits most things they do.

Israelis hate black black Jews as well. It’s just a racist white ethno-state.

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If they are an apartheid state with tiers of citizens, they aren’t a democracy.

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