Blaming Israel for antisemitism is not merely an act of cowardice, it touches on multiple antisemitic tropes and then concludes that *any* action is justifiable:
- It says that Jews living their lives in London, Australia, France or the US hold loyalty to Israel, the Dual Loyalty trope. It's a way to call Jews outsiders/intruders and not need to treat them as "real citizens" or even "real neighbors".
- It holds all Jews responsible the actions of any of them. It's the same ism as holding all Muslims responsible for the actions of terrorists, or holding all people of Chinese decent responsible for the actions of the CCP.
- It's Whataboutism. It changes the topic from murder and discrimination to something else.
- It's often directed harassment- As we see on Babka, it's often directed at Jews, showing it's not a defense, but a weapon antisemites use to further traumatize Jews.
https://zeroes.ca/@Geoffberner/116491163609980796
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/3R8oE





