Recent attacks against Roger Waters are the latest example of false accusations of antisemitism being weaponized to defend Israeli apartheid.
At a time when the Palestinian freedom struggle is gaining steam and spreading internationally, Germany has made anti-Palestinian racism its new status quo.
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacked anti-Zionists in an address at the organization’s annual National Leadership Summit but barely mentioned far-right antisemitism.
“The antisemitism that these people who canceled my show are talking about is my continual, incessant criticism of the government of the state of Israel,” Roger Waters, says of Frankfurt canceling his show. “I’m so happy to be in the ring with these assholes.”
The ADL’s annual audit on antisemitism in the U.S. offers a distorted view of the issue because the group counts anti-Zionist protests against Israel as antisemitic acts.
Dr. Lara Sheehi is the latest of far too many professors and clinicians to be slandered by pro-Israeli lobbies for standing up for the rights of Palestinians and other oppressed peoples.
The effort to criminalize criticism of Israel is hitting new strides, including a renewed effort led by international politicians to censor anti-Zionist views online.
The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network stands with our colleague Dr. Lara Sheehi who is facing false charges of antisemitism at George Washington University due to her political views on Zionism.
Ken Roth was attacked by Israel supporters because he said that Israel’s conduct fosters antisemitism in the west. But he joins a long list of distinguished writers who have said the same, including Hannah Arendt, Nathan Glazer, and Eric Alterman. Glazer warned long ago that Israel’s political dependence on American Jews for immunity over violations of international law could make other Americans “hostile” to American Jews.
The Israeli slide to religious fundamentalism and ultranationalism has made more people realize that many Jews oppose Zionism not out of “self-hate,” but because we believe in the equality of all human beings.