Harvard legalist, Noah Feldman, faceplants on new product launch. NOAH Feldman acknowledges that, “It is not inherently antisemitic to criticize Israel.”
Feldman continues on the question of settler colonialism: ‘The upshot is that while a well-meaning person, free of antisemitism, could describe Israel as colonialist. He admits the current oppression of Palestinians, he even considers the recent charges of genocide in Gaza as worthy of consideration – except that they do not apply in his opinion because of intent. ‘The genocide charge depends on intent’, and ‘Israel, as a state, is not fighting the Gaza War with the intent to destroy the Palestinian people’, he contends. Finally, are not the Israeli politicians uttering clearly recognisable genocidal statements not currently serving in cabinet positions? A point Feldman readily admits, as if it made little difference! Fail, fail again, fail better.
