Reading about Rubin's complaints of antisemitism made me revisit a lecture by Thomas Suárez, who traces the ideological & historical framework that allows someone like Rubin to claim discrimination for being confronted about military violence.
Israel self-identifies as THE Jewish state. It's an important distinction & it's framing & propaganda has made it nearly impossible these past 8 decades to question the Israeli state without appearing to attack Jews.
I assume your question of whether an American military vet would be able to claim discrimination if asked how many Iraqis he'd killed is a rhetorical one. I guess this question allows us to see the distinction more clearly. Israel posits itself as the only true expression of Jewish identity, & Suarez, and many other scholars, call this a hijacking of Jewish identity. This exceptionalism is built into Zionism & Suarez refers to the hijacking of Jewish identity as Israel's magic shield & energy source.
If anyone is interested in the lecture, here's the link -
Reading about Rubin's complaints of antisemitism made me revisit a lecture by Thomas Suárez, who traces the ideological & historical framework that allows someone like Rubin to claim discrimination for being confronted about military violence.
Israel self-identifies as THE Jewish state. It's an important distinction & it's framing & propaganda has made it nearly impossible these past 8 decades to question the Israeli state without appearing to attack Jews.
I assume your question of whether an American military vet would be able to claim discrimination if asked how many Iraqis he'd killed is a rhetorical one. I guess this question allows us to see the distinction more clearly. Israel posits itself as the only true expression of Jewish identity, & Suarez, and many other scholars, call this a hijacking of Jewish identity. This exceptionalism is built into Zionism & Suarez refers to the hijacking of Jewish identity as Israel's magic shield & energy source.
If anyone is interested in the lecture, here's the link -
https://youtu.be/RksThaJJ3eg?si=vu-iooaFixT8vrRh
Thank you for the painstaking work that goes into this each week 💕
it's hella depressing, but important that nobody looks away
This is so depressing and damning. Each account worse than the next. Thank you though.
I guess we know that they send the punk ass bitch IDF soldiers to Columbia, huh? Not exactly Moshe Dayan over here!
"antisemitism" is so washed out it's at best now only as meaningful as "terrorism"