The term antisemitism has completed its long journey from the Third Reich and the Holocaust to its new home with white supremacists in the United States. The Lawler Bill, which just passed in the House, defines any criticism of Israel as antisemitism and threatens our nation's colleges with loss of their non profit status. Listening to right wing politicians attacking our universities using antisemitism as a weapon seems beyond belief. These are the same politicians who want to put more Blacks in jail, send all immigrants back to where they came from, are openly homophobic and misogynistic, and who fervently believe that Jesus is coming down to kill all Jews in the Holy Land. In short, how did antisemitism become the battle cry for the fascist elements of our society?
Zionism is fascism, with all the trademarks of its violence, racism and nationalism. Zionists want control over what's discussed in our colleges and non profit organizations. That has always been a critical step in the fascist agenda.
Another step is the targeting of businesses based on ethnicity and religion, like the recent Zionist attack on the Petit Bistro, a Palestinian owned restaurant in Rhinebeck. Such assaults resemble Nazis tactics in 1938. In fact, the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza is similar to the wholesale extermination of Jews and Gypsies that occurred during the Third Reich.
We must come together as a country and demand that this current fascist Zionist movement not destroy our democracy or our basic humanity.
Using antisemitism as a weapon
Rather than listen to our nation's citizens
May 2
GUEST: Susan Smith, Director of
Operations at the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Black Lives
activist in Ferguson, former host of “From Ferguson to
Palestine” radio program at Vassar College, and member of
Islamic Relief USA, talks about her mission to break the
blockade of Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla.
This
is the ship
I have not heard from Susan, so I think she is still waiting for permission to sail. There is something familiar about international attempts to break the blockade of Gaza. Out of all the boats that have set sail, only one has ever made it to the beach and contact with the Palestinians. These three boats, loaded with food and medical supplies, are perticularly needed in this time of injury and famine.
Are the Israelis just so skillful at thwarting these flotillas? Or is there more going on? The US seems to be an observer, although a very poor one, since these stories seldom make it into The New York Times. Of course. the NYT is mostly a Zionist publication, and has many reasons for distorting the news, including its decades long fielty to the Pentagon and the nation's weapons makers.
I think that these boats never complete their journeys because the US is intent on stopping them. Israel doesn't really have the connections to disrupt these flotillas, but the empire certainly does. And the US doesn't want to be seen as the country that starved millions to death. Instead the US pulls the strings to stop the boats, and then just buries the story.
How else to keep the slaughter going while the majority of Americans want to stop the genocide? Our elites have long decided to do what they want, rather than listen to our nation's citizens.
Utterly devastating
Here is a Democracy Now interview with Huwaida Arraf, of the International Solidarity Movement, providing the details: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/29/gaza_freedom_flotilla?autostart=true
And here is an article from the Times of Israel from March telling the visiting President of Guinea Bissau, "You are a true friend of Israel": https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/herzog-tells-visiting-president-of-guinea-bissau-you-are-a-true-friend-of-israel/
This news was utterly devastating.
Peace,
Susan