Tag: Israel

How Israel’s Supporters Use Islamophobia to Silence Critics [Marc Steiner Show]

By now, the false equivalency between anti-Zionism and antisemitism—which Israel’s supporters use to give rhetorical cover for Zionism—is a well-worn topic on the left. What’s less discussed is the role of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in Zionists’ attempts to smear their critics, particularly Arab and Muslim ones, as antisemitic. A new report, Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse from Rutgers University Law School’s Center for Security, Race, and Rights (CSRR), maps the use of Islamophobic tropes in the discourse on Israel-Palestine, noting that the racist association between… Continue reading “How Israel’s Supporters Use Islamophobia to Silence Critics [Marc Steiner Show]”
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Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in Palestine-Israel Discourse [Insurgents]

Professor Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law and author of  The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, joined Jordan Uhl and Rob Rosseau on the Insurgents Podcast to discuss her recent report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes In The Palestine-Israel Discourse.” The interview explores the ways Islamophobia spreads in the media and shifts the balance of conversation of coverage, resulting in a dehumanizing effect for Muslims, and how—especially in this moment—some genuinely pro-Palestinian advocacy is inaccurately framed as anti-Semitic.… Continue reading “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in Palestine-Israel Discourse [Insurgents]”
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How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics [The Nation]

The chorus of criticism of Israel’s indiscriminate bombings and denial of food, water, and other humanitarian aid to 2 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza has only grown louder as the Palestinian death toll has skyrocketed beyond an estimated 22,000, nearly half of whom are children. Too often, however, supporters of continued military action by Israel respond not by debating the merits of a cease-fire but through McCarthyistic campaigns to silence human rights advocacy in public and on college campuses. Among the most effective strategies of censorship is a politically… Continue reading “How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics [The Nation]”
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Israel-Gaza: Does Islamophobia play a part in US foreign policy? [UpFront]

As the war in Gaza rages on, the death toll keeps increasing and residents face starvation. Despite the heavy civilian toll, the United States keeps voicing its strong support for Israel. Is there a double standard when it comes to Palestine? And why do some in the US seem to conflate solidarity with Palestinians with anti-Semitism, as explained in the report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse” published by the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights. On UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks… Continue reading “Israel-Gaza: Does Islamophobia play a part in US foreign policy? [UpFront]”
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Why Can’t We Humanize Palestinians? [#RaceClass]

The Israeli government responded to the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 by indiscriminately bombing residential towers, denying water, food, fuel, electricity and medical supplies to over 2.3 million Palestinian civilians living under occupation in Gaza. Despite the practices constituting what many legal experts conclude are genocidal, the Israeli government has received the full support of President Biden and the U.S. Congress. Meanwhile, the American media humanizes only Israeli civilian victims while failing to report on the lives of 11,000 Palestinian civilians killed by the Israeli military and missing… Continue reading “Why Can’t We Humanize Palestinians? [#RaceClass]”
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