Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
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It is noteworthy that Itamar Mann & Lihi Yona are Israeli citizens and Professors of Law at Haifa U. No they are not "Hamas lovers", as some folks here might be tempted to label them. I commend the authors for their courage in publishing this piece and reminding us about Jacob de Hann, a zionist who was murdered for his political views by the Haganah. In doing so they expose themselves to risk, given the over heated public discourse in Netanyahu's Israel and Trump's America.
In our own country our erstwhile PM recently displayed his spectacular ignorance of history by explaining: "Zionism simply means believing in the right of Jewish people, like all people, to determine their own future". I do not find this surprising in the least as most of our political leadership has been binging on the hasbara version of Palestinian history.
A few days before stepping down as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau defiantly told an Ottawa gathering “I am a Zionist’. It was the same day that Israeli minister Eli Cohen said he would …
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