Shimon Koffler Fogel: The push to define anti-Palestinian racism is not about fighting discrimination (msn.com)
With a recent survey published in the Canadian Jewish Studies journal showing that more than 90 per cent of Canadian Jews support the existence of the State of Israel and only three per cent do not, adopting APR would incite discrimination against Israelis, Jews and Zionists, preventing them from expressing their views on the conflict. Simply asserting the fact that there has been a continuous Jewish presence in Israel for more than 3,000 years — debunking the idea of Israel being a settler-colonial state — would, under this definition, be considered racist.
With a recent survey published in the Canadian Jewish Studies journal showing that more than 90 per cent of Canadian Jews support the existence of the State of Israel and only three per cent do not, adopting APR would incite discrimination against Israelis, Jews and Zionists, preventing them from expressing their views on the conflict. Simply asserting the fact that there has been a continuous Jewish presence in Israel for more than 3,000 years — debunking the idea of Israel being a settler-colonial state — would, under this definition, be considered racist.