House Passes Bill That Defines Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism” - eviltoast
Jewish-led groups slammed the legislation as a tool for silencing the movement for Palestinian rights.

Jewish-led groups slammed the legislation as a tool for silencing the movement for Palestinian rights.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/kVkfI

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    141·
    7 months ago

    The big one is right here:

    “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”

    This is a slight of hand where they conflate judaism and Israel. The definition starts out as explicitely about Judaism and move towards being explicitly about Israel.

    Here is a link where I go into more detail: https://lemmy.world/comment/9797297

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      But saying something like “Denying the Muslim people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a sovereign Palestine is a racist endeavor" would get nothing but dropped jaws and racist bleating.