Serge from BabkaApr 3

Being Anti-Zionist in the 1800s is not the same as being Anti-Zionist today, and Today Canada's NDP Party is Riddled with Jew Hatred

To be an anti-Zionist in 2026 is to deny Israel’s right to exist at a time when radical views have permeated the discourse of left-wing parties in Western countries, fuelling political polarization and violence against Jews unseen since the Holocaust. Left-wing denunciations of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, legitimate on their own, are now routinely laced with antisemitic tropes and dog whistles that serve to encourage anti-Israel extremists.

The new NDP president, Niall Ricardo, greeted last fall’s ceasefire in Gaza, which included a plan to prevent Hamas from rebuilding its military capability, by posting: “The only entity that needs deradicalization and disarmament is the one committing genocide: Israel. Zionism is the sin, genocide is the crime.”

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-ndp-has-an-antisemitism-problem/

#Antizionism #Antisemitism #Canada #Canpol #NDP #JewHatred

The NDP has an antisemitism problem

Recently, there has been more than a whiff of antisemitism about the way the party’s conducting itself

The Globe and Mail
Show thread((Herschel))6d ago

@serge "Being Anti-Zionist in the 1800s is not the same as being Anti-Zionist today"

I've been thinking about this line for days.

Show threadSerge from Babka6d ago

@jaklacroix

It's one thing to be against a proposed action that represents the creation of a political body.

It's another thing to, with 80 years of history, essentially advocate for the genocide of half the world's Jews.

They're not the same, and I find those who argue that they are the same to be acting in extremely bad faith.

Show thread((Herschel))3d ago
@serge yeah. Like, I've met and spoken to people who legitimately advocate for the "dismantling" of the state of Israel and when you ask then what that means/its consequences, they can't really tell you anything beyond "transfer of all land to Palestinians". And like, sure, there's some arguments to be made RE: stolen homes, especially in Settlement areas, but they fully do not grasp that it will lead to an enormous pogrom and mass migration. That, or they don't care.
Show threadNoam writes
@jaklacroix @serge If you're in the US, you might ask those people if they approve the "dismantling" of the US, and returning it all to ownership of indigenous people.
Apr 7 at 7:29amWeb
Show thread((Herschel))2d ago

@noam @serge

I have asked such, but about Australia. The answer is some form of "yes" but they still do not have an example of what that would look like, nor what would happen to the people who live there.

Unless you ask Indigenous activists, in which case they often say something very reasonable like, "We just want a real seat at the table for decisions about what happens on our ancestral lands."