Let me get this out of the way immediately, I am not a lawyer, I am not a professor of international law, I am not a policy analyst with a think tank salary and a LinkedIn bio full of buzzwords. I am exactly what my own blog tagline says I am; some random dude onContinue reading “The Dumbass Doctrine, Or Why the United States Does Not Own the World”
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Reclaiming Antisemitism: Why Arabs and Jews Must Share the Term, and the Fight
For decades, the word āantisemitismā has been politically and culturally narrowed to mean hatred against Jews alone. This narrow usage, while understandable given the trauma of Jewish history, has also allowed for a weaponization of the term that shields state violence, particularly when committed by Israel or its allies. But the deeper harm lies inContinue reading “Reclaiming Antisemitism: Why Arabs and Jews Must Share the Term, and the Fight”
Zionism and the Semitic Contradiction: Who Are the Real Antisemites?
The word āantisemitismā is often weaponized to silence criticism of the Israeli state and its Zionist foundations. In mainstream political discourse, to be anti-Zionist is regularly equated with being antisemitic. But this framing breaks down under scrutiny ā and in fact, it may be Zionism, especially in its extreme and hardline forms, that embodies theContinue reading “Zionism and the Semitic Contradiction: Who Are the Real Antisemites?”