Actually, the vast majority of the western world completely understand the difference between Hamas, who are a terrorist organization and the Palestinian people. It's like saying that blacks conflate the KKK with all white people. It's a fallacious statement with no basis in reality And is used by some Muslims to justify their hate of the Western world and their culture.
If they do understand the difference, I do not see it in action. I dont see it on this board. I dont see it in the press and I do not see it when politicians speak about it. Hence the very valid criticism.
What is pathetic is the attempt to perpetuate this racist myth of Israel CONTROLLING the US for a few bucks. That is a trope used by anti-Semites in the same vein as Jews controlling the global banking system, Hollywood, eating babies, being cheap, having hooked noses and having death lasers.
It's patently obvious that the US supports Israel as opposed to being controlled by Israel, because Israel is the greatest ally the US has in the region and is integral to protecting US interests. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think that even you admitted this. You may have added in some mumbo jumbo about Israel having an unfair advantage or whatever, but the truth is that nobody can name another country in the region that is democratic, shares many of the same values as the US and can provide to the US what Israel does to the US. The money spent by lobbyists is a pittance compared to the value that the US assigns to Israeli support in the ME.
Israel is not a race. Israel is a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, pluralistic nation. Hence saying Israel controls politicians in the US, via their lobby groups, is not racist. Calling this anti-semitic is a tried and tested tactic used by the lobby groups because once they shut down dissent, they can do whatever they want.
Just as apartheid was a S. African invention, its' definition was misappropriated by other non-S. African entities the same way and for the same reasons that the term Zionism is now being misappropriated.
The word apartheid was a S. African invention. The crime, was not invented by them. Infact the crime today is defined by the UN. There have been plenty of regimes that have practiced apartheid and discriminated against a section of society before and after S.Africa. One example of a country that has continued to practice apartheid after S.Africa is Israel.
The Jews invented the term Zionism to represent their desire for a Jewish homeland where they could live safely. Saying that the Jews invented Anti-Zionism and is the default Jewish postion is ludicrous. Jews are automatically anti-Zionists? You're saying that Jews wanting a homeland invented a hatred for Jews wanting a homeland. Listen to yourself. What you say is preposterous. Geno thinks that all Jews in Israel are Zionists and now you're saying that the Jews in Israel are almost always anti-Zionists. "Hey Joe. Get more flour because we're running out of pretzels really fast and need to make more."
Anti-Zionism is a creation of Jew haters and anti-Semites and calling them out for being racist is not racist.
Jews did not invent Zionism. Theodre Herzl did. It was he who garnered support for Zionism in Europe by reaching out to the rich and the powerful. Meanwhile a lot of Jewish people back then were antizionists. It went against their religious principles. Hence antizionism is the default Jewish position and calling antizionism antisemitic, is antisemitic.
I will let Benjamin Moser, a Pullitzer price winning JEWISH author, educate you.
Except Islam isn't just a religion. It's a legal framework and form of government. It is a Totalitarian form of control with Big Brother at its head. It leaves no room for dissent. It is cult like in its fanaticism. It follows through with its hatred of Apostasy and being an Infidel. It is also an economic model. Whichbis also nearly the opposite of Western practices.
It is, imo, the polar opposite to the vast majority of what a Liberal Western Secular Capitalist society represents and can build upon. Which I believe is a far superior form, despite it flaws. So this goes, to me far beyond the woes of a tiny population of near fanatics, who have screwed themselves. And I do conflate Hamas and Palestinians. They birthed them, raised them, and elected them to run things. They come from their own and won't denounce them. The hide them and continue to inflate their ranks. And follow the rules of the cult.
Sorry, I have no sympathy anymore. They have had amoke opportunity to be at peace. They chose a war to the finish.
There are different sects, practices and schools of thought within Islam. There are also Muslims who are religious, not so religious, secular etc.,
Judaism also lays down the law for how you should live and govern.
No religion leaves any room for dissent. Islam is no exception.
So anything that attempts to generalize any religion, or its followers, and any negative speech based on those generalizations is racism.
Therefore both Islamophobia and Antisemitism are forms of racism.
Sorry to shatter your fantasies once again, but neither of the UNGA or UNSC has passed any resolutions declaring that Israel has committed genocide. As Geno tells us, we must listen to the UN,
As has been explained to you multiple times, the only bodies with a mandate to determine what is genocide and what isn't are the ICJ for advisory opinions, ICC to prosecute individuals for war crimes and the independent UN special rapporteurs, who provide objective reports of conditions in conflict areas. UNGA and UNSC are just countries who make politically motivated decisions. Not objective ones.
