THE FALSE ACCUSATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM

We have heard it a thousand times and we will continue to hear it a thousand and a thousand times.

When an institution, an NGO, a politician or an ordinary person accuses Israel of having committed an aggression against the Palestinians, immediately a chorus of Jewish voices comes out saying "that it is anti-Semitism".

But there is nothing anti-Semitism about criticizing and condemning the Jewish state for violating human rights.

Condemning Israel for its aggression is NOT anti-Semitism.

Condemning Israel for murdering journalist Shiren Abu Akleh is NOT anti-Semitism.

Criticizing Israel for its refusal to accept UN Security Council resolutions condemning it is NOT anti-Semitism.

Israel considers itself above good and evil. In some serious cases, their acts constitute a sample of state terrorism.

We are still awaiting the trial and conviction of the soldier who coldly murdered Shiren.

A few days ago, in the US, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a Democratic member from Michigan, said:

“I want you all to know that among progressives, it’s become clear that you cannot claim to hold progressive values, yet back Israel’s apartheid government, and we will continue to push back and not accept that you are progressive

except for Palestine,” Tlaib said in an online forum organized by American Muslims for Palestine.

“Progressive except for Palestine,” has for years been a critique that pro-Palestinian progressives have aimed at pro-Israel progressives, and support for Palestinians and criticism of Israel have increased among progressives in recent years, although a substantial number in Congress members remain aligned with the mainstream pro-Israel community.

Tlaib's candid words were immediately countered by Jonathan Greenblatt, a member of the "League Against Defamation" and other congressmen, saying they were anti-Semitic.

Israel has the right to exist and live in peace, but to do so it must stop its aggression and annul its policy of “apartheid”.

Photo: Mrs. Tlaib