#Spain / Rallies in Madrid on 18 and 19 May amid political summit by Spain’s Vox party, including Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs (Amichai Chikli)
[...] The summit will reportedly be attended by representatives of various right-wing parties across Europe, leading several Spanish left-wing organisations to lead protests condemning the summit. Several thousand people are likely to attend.
Chikli not mentioned, but was reported to be attending.
Chikli is continuing Netanyahu's work of portraying Palestinian resistance to their 76 year long occupation as a form of #antisemitism by embracing actual neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and Christian nationalists who are doing Israel's bidding (at least for the time being). https://leftodon.social/@Gomeravid/112463747129631039
Today in Writing History May 16, 1906: Margaret Rey was born. Rey was an author an illustrator of children’s books. She cowrote the Curious George books with her husband H.A. Rey. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, she studied art at Bauhaus and later worked in advertising. In 1935, she fled Germany to escape the Nazis, moving to Rio de Janeiro. There she met H.A. Rey, also a German Jew who had fled the Nazis. Many of us remember the Curious George stories fondly. George was a monkey, who was kind of like an adorable little boy. Yet in every one of the stories, he does something naughty that disappoints his “daddy,” (The man in the Yellow Hat), and has to win back his affection doing something dangerous. In one story, he is exploited by a cook and must wash dishes without pay. In another, he is hired as a window washer on a skyscraper. Even his origin story is fraught, with the Yellow Hatted Man kidnapping him from his home in Africa. In this video clip, hear Werner Herzog’s creepy satire on the stories:
Until your post popped up in my feed, I'd never heard of Babka @serge
You're evidently confused.
You're evidently also confused about what constitutes antisemitism. If you're trying to use the IHRA Definition, that's understandable:
"...the IHRA Definition is unclear in key respects and widely open to different interpretations, it has caused confusion and generated controversy, hence weakening the fight against antisemitism."
As much as I respect many of the signers of the Jerusalem Declaration, it has its own flaws. For instance, it provides as an example of antisemitism "Requiring people, because they are Jewish, publicly to condemn Israel or Zionism (for example, at a political meeting"
It does not include the practice of requiring Jews to swear allegiance to Israel or Zionism as a condition of being "Jewish." The insistence that Jews must support Israel is just as antisemitic as requiring people to condemn Israel.
The Jerusalem Declaration doesn't include condemnation of Christian bigots who fetishize Jews like antisemite Rep. Virginia Foxx who attacks freedom of speech at universities because her religious extremism sees Jews as a "special" people.
The Jerusalem Declaration is a start but is still fundamentally flawed and doesn't provide guidance against all #antisemitism
article contains links to a statement by over 1,000 [#Jewish professors opposing equating #antiZionism with #antisemitism. Also contains link to a statement by Jewish students of #Columbia with the opposite position]
Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.
"Criticism of the state of Israel, the #Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or #Zionist ideology is not—in and of itself—antisemitic" says letter
@eff@jilliancyork Antisemitism should be tolerated and found to be not in violation of community standards just so long as it is “newsworthy,” thanks EFF.
No, it is not antisemitic to criticize Israel, but classic tropes of Jews controlling media, politics etc very much are, for anyone who has not bothered to read the lyrics.
A debate about the differences of #antiZionism & #antiSemitism isn't possible @freieuniversitaet . Some might say that's corrupted by design, but I'd call it a classic conflict of interest.
However, #FUBerlin president prof. Ziegler published today: “This kind of protest is not dialogue oriented. An occupation of university property is not acceptable. We welcome academic debate and dialogue – but not in this form,”
"President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a call to fight a 'ferocious surge' of antisemitism, saying such hate has no place in America as he connected the horrors of the Holocaust to Hamas’ attack on Israel."
CNN reports on Biden's speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. "Biden’s staunch support for Israel’s war against Hamas, which has now led to the deaths of more than 34,000 Palestinians, has caused deep fractures in the coalition that sent him to the White House in 2020."
#DartmouthCollege professor arrested during protest: 'It's really shameful
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Story by Hannah Cotter
5/2/2024
"Video captured by News 9 showed the moment #Orleck was arrested by police during the protest. She said she was among a handful of professors who showed up to support students at what she called a peaceful protest until law enforcement arrived in #RiotGear.
"'And it's really shameful in a sleepy little campus, in a rural area like Dartmouth, that they brought in this ridiculous show of arms and strength and violence,' she said.
"She also wanted to address Gov. #ChrisSununu calling the protests against the war in #Gaza#antisemitic. She said she's a #Jewish woman and did not feel safe after last night's police response.
"'As a Jewish woman of an age that I grew up in a neighborhood full of #Holocaust survivors and knew Holocaust survivors, I have to say that I think this is disingenuous,' she said. 'It's a weaponizing of #antisemitism for their own #political purposes, which is to #SuppressDissent. And if, in fact, as the governor and the college president said, the point is to make the campus safer for the Jewish community members, I have to say that what happened next made it decidedly less safe for all of us.'
"Orleck, who has been a professor at Dartmouth for more than three decades, said as part of her bail condition, she is being banned from Dartmouth's campus. She said her emails to the institution have gone unanswered."
A marcher wears a yellow badge appearing to resemble those the Nazis forced Jews to wear as a demonstrator raises a Palestinian flag
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a remembrance march to honour the victims of Nazi atrocities at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Jules Koifman, a Canadian living in London who attended the march, said: “Pro-Palestinian protesters here at the Yom HaShoah ceremony – it’s really disgusting. #antisemitism @palestine @israelhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/06/pro-palestinian-protesters-heckle-holocaust-memorial-march/