Is Conflating Zionism with Judaism- Wrong?
Opinion.
We have been told by our respective governments and our “reliable” legacy media, that antisemitism is on the rise, endangering Jews across the planet, and currently, any pro-Palestinian commentator, writer or activists speaking out against Israel’s brutal genocide in the Gaza Strip, must be labeled a “terrorist” or a fully-fledged antisemite. This is a strategy by Zionists to justify their war crimes since October 7, 2023.
Living in Australia for some years now, working, studying and socializing in many walks of life, there is not a single instance where I heard or witnessed antisemitism in any form. This is not to say the antisemitism doesn’t exist, it does and has been around for thousands of years. But to label a person an antisemite because they disagree with Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, is simply wrong and a type of gaslighting.
Interestingly, however, and even diabolically, screaming antisemitism has created real antisemitism, which is a scheme to further justify the Israeli-Zionist agenda.
Post the October 7 Hamas attack, both in Sydney and Melbourne, saw several “antisemitic” incidences, forcing the government to pass an extended “Hate Crime” bill to help thwart future criminal acts of this nature. But as The Times of Israel reported:
Investigators are examining whether criminals for hire were paid by foreign actors to carry out the recent attacks, leaders of the task force said in January. They did not specify what foreign interests they believed were responsible. Days later, officials said the 12 arrested by the task force don’t share the antisemitic ideology expressed by their crimes, underscoring suggestions that the acts were orchestrated abroad.
One must wonder, were these terrible crimes a ‘false flag’ operation to fuel antisemitism, and create sympathy for the Israeli war crimes in Gaza? We can only speculate, however, considering the lack of such incidences before October 7, logic dictates that this is a distinct possibility.
The defenders of Israel’s actions in Gaza, are conflating Zionism with the religion of Judaism. Zionism is a political ideology with a clear-cut agenda. (see the Greater Israel project) Judaism is an age-old religious practice. Because Israel is starving and killing men, women and children at an alarming rate, (unprecedented, really) and those with eyes to see and ears to hear speak out on these atrocities, many are accused of antisemitism. For certain, these false allegations are primarily from Israelis or governments, and individuals who are losing the PR game.
The Israeli government has stated clearly for several months that they hate Palestinians, view them as subhuman, and the mass slaughter and intentional starvation is necessary for Israel to exist. This is predominately a Zionist point of view and not a Jewish one.
In fact, the only arguments the Zionists have now is labelling those speaking against the ethnic cleansing, antisemitic or a supporter of Hamas. Even on face value this is ridiculous.
Conflating Judaism with the political cult of Zionism is a strategy to ward off criticism of their slaughter of the Palestinian people.
Don’t fall for it.