Antisemitism as a Zionist Shield

Jews are as integrated into American culture as it possible to be. This is the place they are not only safe, but successful in every field be it in science, the arts, business...actually the only occupation where I think it would be rare to find Jews is in manual labor.

I grew up with Jews many of whom I never knew were Jews because it wasn't of any significance. As an adult it's the same way. For me, all the uproar about antisemitism in the US seems preposterous as the actual slaughter of people who are equally human beings with those dropping bombs on them is being conducted with gusto in Gaza. Clearly it is "look HERE, not there!" and a significant number of Jews (as are in JVP) are not buying it.

What really astounds me regarding Zionism is that nobody thinks it strange that American Jews as I have just described above, and they uniquely among Americans, may at any time and virtually instantly be given Israeli citizenship while retaining their American citizenship. This allows the epic hypocrisy of having full civil rights and freedom here in America while at the same time being able to move to Israel, have full rights and freedom there and move on to land where the natives have no rights at all. How blind can one be?

More than that, many settlers in Israel are dual citizenship Americans so can go out and beat up the natives, even be fully armed by the gov't to kill those natives right now. Have your cake, eat it too while just outside the window are the natives barely getting by, under the boot of your military and, not surprisingly, thinking of giving you serious, even lethal grief after getting that from Israel for decades. Who can possibly be surprised at HAMAS any more than surprised at the terror visited on US settlers by the American Indians? The Indians were essentially wiped out. Israel is working on that now in Gaza. Was nobody paying attention to previous lethal assaults on Gaza that killed far more Gazans than the number of Israelis killed on Oct 7. Are Americans asleep?

The crazy accusation of antisemitism to anyone opposing what Israel does is the height of absurdity. Any group of people is capable of the full range of human behavior from the pit of horror to the height of benevolence. Jews are no exception. To say that Jews who are Israeli are doing and have done terrible things to the Palestinians routinely is not antisemitism but a statement of fact. To call Israel a colony, to say that it has repeatedly violated international law under the protection of 45 UN vetoes courtesy of Uncle Sam is not antisemitism but history.

Joe McCarthy is back. Are you now or have you ever been an antisemite?!