Dissecting how facile accusations of âanti-Semitismâ are used to stifle dissent
Since the inception of the âWar on Terror,â Israel has become increasingly important to Western imperial strategy and ever more aggressive in its policies towards the Palestinians. A key ideological weapon in this development is the cynical and unjustified accusation of âanti-Semitismâ to silence protest and dissent.
For historical reasons, this tactic has been deployed most forcefully in France, and in the first of the two essays in this book French writers Alain Badiou and Eric Hazan demolish the âanti-Semitism is everywhereâ claim used to bludgeon critics of the Israeli state and those who stand in solidarity with the banlieue youth.
Dissecting how facile accusations of âanti-Semitismâ are used to stifle dissent
Since the inception of the âWar on Terror,â Israel has become increasingly important to Western imperial strategy and ever more aggressive in its policies towards the Palestinians. A key ideological weapon in this development is the cynical and unjustified accusation of âanti-Semitismâ to silence protest and dissent.
For historical reasons, this tactic has been deployed most forcefully in France, and in the first of the two essays in this book French writers Alain Badiou and Eric Hazan demolish the âanti-Semitism is everywhereâ claim used to bludgeon critics of the Israeli state and those who stand in solidarity with the banlieue youth.