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Bringing up Israel in causes that have nothing to do with Israel politics is antisemitism. The way your question is formulated suggests you think it's OK to tos

by varjag 6y ago

Bringing up Israel in causes that have nothing to do with Israel politics is antisemitism. The way your question is formulated suggests you think it's OK to toss Israel to any discourse unrelated to Palestinian cause, and is highly problematic. Every time there is a broad popular movement, all kind of people come out of the woods and try to freeride their sometimes less than noble cause on that. Certainly the cause with BLM: you see people making it about socialism, "anti-imperialism", and of course the good old fallback of anti-semitism.

ahelwer 6y ago
You can draw a direct line between: (1) Israel's status as a member of the US empire and its interests in the middle east (2) Testing & development of weapons & tactics against the Palestinian population by Israel (3) Training provided by Israel to American police forces, plus export of equipment to same (4) Use of those weapons & tactics by American police forces on the domestic populace This is probably the most pure & distilled example of what TFA is talking about. Bringing it up is in no way anti-Semitic or apropos of nothing.
- varjag 6y ago
  Again, Georgia is one of the most racist places in the US, and any external cultural influence on its police force is basically irrelevant, no matter how desperate you are to make it about the Jews^WZionists.
istjohn 6y ago
> Bringing up Israel in causes that have nothing to do with Israel politics is antisemitism. Israel was invoked in a discussion of how American foreign policy colors domestic affairs. When a foreign ally is training our domestic police on tactics they have developed to enforce a racial apartheid, what could be more germain?
- varjag 6y ago
  American police forces have training exchange programmes with multiple national police forces. Yet you'd never hear that say Mexico police is responsible for Georgia police brutality. Not germain enough I guess.

by varjag 6y ago

ahelwer 6y ago

You can draw a direct line between: (1) Israel's status as a member of the US empire and its interests in the middle east (2) Testing & development of weapons & tactics against the Palestinian population by Israel (3) Training provided by Israel to American police forces, plus export of equipment to same (4) Use of those weapons & tactics by American police forces on the domestic populace This is probably the most pure & distilled example of what TFA is talking about. Bringing it up is in no way anti-Semitic or apropos of nothing.

varjag 6y ago
Again, Georgia is one of the most racist places in the US, and any external cultural influence on its police force is basically irrelevant, no matter how desperate you are to make it about the Jews^WZionists.

istjohn 6y ago

> Bringing up Israel in causes that have nothing to do with Israel politics is antisemitism. Israel was invoked in a discussion of how American foreign policy colors domestic affairs. When a foreign ally is training our domestic police on tactics they have developed to enforce a racial apartheid, what could be more germain?

varjag 6y ago
American police forces have training exchange programmes with multiple national police forces. Yet you'd never hear that say Mexico police is responsible for Georgia police brutality. Not germain enough I guess.