Comment by jmyeet
2 years ago
The generally accepted terminology here is "pro-Zionist" and "anti-Zionist". There is a concerted effort to conflate "anti-Zionism" and "antisemitism" in public discourse. You're not imaginging things. It's part of an organized campaign generally called hasbara [1]. Articles or videos that don't suit this narrative are brigaded, flagged and reported (as you noted).
I say all this because to call it "Israeli" is inaccurate. For example, in the US Christian Zionists outnumber Jewish Zionists by at least 20:1. Many of those Christian Zionists themselves are antisemitic. This is another reason why our language here matters and we need to be precise with our termminology.
[1]: https://www.newarab.com/news/understanding-hasbara-israels-p...
Good points. I should have writting Zionists.
Just like this war is not about Judaism or Islam, there are Israelis, who regret the actions of their government and military. And there are many jewish people out there, who have said "Not in our name!". Lets not forget them. This is not about Jews or being Jewish. But Zionists do not care about actual Judaism. They care about power and expansion.
What I do find sad though is, that there are also many non-military Israelis online, who still seem to have some kind of national pride and think that Israel is the best country in the world, while actually their country is being overtaken by right wing extremist militarists. Maybe it is compensating/copium for knowing, that the country they live in has no regard for human rights, ongoing for decades and the shame that comes with that.
Lets not forget what happened before the newer hot phase of the war Israel is waging. Tenthoudands of people demonstrating against Netanyahu's intention to limit the power of the judges, presumably to absolve himself from his own corruption. But now we need those voices to cancel Netanyahu, if they still can and their country has not already been lost to some kind of autocracy.