Campuses with the Most Anti-Semitism

cobrat
Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:08:22 +0000

Going back to my prior post on the contentiousness of the decades old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one of the underlying visceral conflicts in relation to the issue of antisemitism is how one defines it.

One of those underlying visceral conflicts is whether any criticisms/protests against policies/actions by the Israeli government/state are considered antisemitic or not.

One common complaint from Palestinians, Palestinian activists, and their allies on campuses and around the world is how conversations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially in the US due to political factors and underlying anti-Arab/Muslim bias tends to be framed in such a manner that any criticism of Israeli government/state policies are deflected by reflexive charges of antisemitism whether justified or not.

On the flipside, many pro-Palestinian sympathizers* IME tend to shy away from much/any discussion about problematic antisemitism on their side…whether in the current activist community or historically going back decades.

Am actually surprised my prior long post(#30) on why the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is so visceral beyond mutual hostility/hatred or politics has met with a relatively tranquil response here. Last time I made similar points IRL, I ended up getting angry reactions from some of the more militant activists on both sides of the issue.

Including those who identify as Jews/being from Jewish family/cultural backgrounds.