Pro-Palestine demonstrators accused of antisemitism after protesting outside Fiddler on the Roof
Pro-Palestine demonstrators accused of antisemitism after protesting outside Fiddler on the Roof
‘Targeting a symbol of Jewish culture shows that these people hate Jews,’ claimed one commentator
The play is not about Israel but instead tells the story of a Jewish man preserving his family’s traditions in a village in imperial Russia at the turn of the 20th century. The performance on Monday went ahead as planned after the protest at the cafe.
“This is a performance of Fiddler on the Roof,” they wrote alongside footage of the protesters. “So, if you’re busy condemning racist demonstrations, but not this, & you don’t think they should be prosecuted, stop preening yourself. You’re happy with racism – it’s only the target that you worry about.”
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I think it would be disingenuous to claim there aren't a lot of antisemites involved in Pro-Palestinian protests.
Depends how you quantify "a lot". More then none, much less than a majority.
It's an uneven distribution, like the post demonstrates.
Uneven with what?
The challenge with the left is that any attempt to call out that antisemitism or those individuals is seen as an attempt to undermine the entire movement.
I would love to see a free and safe Palestine alongside a free and safe Israel. Some will accuse me of being hateful or at least delusional for wishing for peaceful co-existence.
The problem is (until recently) Zionists used soothing words about a two state solution while building illegal settlements in the West Bank and enforcing a brutal apartheid.
The only solution is one state with equal rights for all. But that is the one solution no one in the West is talking about because it goes against the ethno state's raison d'etre.
If Isreal gets it's way, it'll be 1 state, but we won't like how that sausage gets made.
Yup. The important part of that previous poster's statement is with equal rights for all. Israel wants one-state but not that part, which is basically what they have now.
The real solution is a no-state solution.
It would be disingenuous to claim that antisemitism isn't being weaponised by Zionists and their allies to muzzle free speech.
Both are true, so why do you seem to suggest they are mutually exclusive?
Because only one of those is given currency by Corporate media.
My definition of truth tries to be objective, not subjective to wanting to dismiss something because Corporate media pushes it.
How many articles have you seen from mainstream media suggesting that anti semitism accusations are just cover for silencing Pro Palestinian voices?
Now compare that to the number of articles saying that Palestinians supporters in the West are Hamas supporters, hate marches, anti semites and Iranian backed.
The narrative is hard to miss once you spot it.