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This debate is not over the presence of Israeli Jews like Amira Haas? Who in "the Jewish State" fits the description "all Israeli nationality holders that are non-Arab"? The non-Arab Christian Bahai - 4% of the population? The Jordanian Popular Boycott Movement statement clearly defines all Israeli Jews who live in occupied Palestine as Zionists, regardless of whether they oppose the 1967 and 1948 massacres, occupation, and ethnic cleansing. The advice given to Haas is to leave Israel to prove her anti-Zionist bonafides. The not-so subtle implication is that all other Israeli Jews follow that example. I posted this not to criticize these activists as "racists in reverse" but to point out that this completely justifiable bitterness was inevitable given the lack of meaningful opposition by Israeli Jews to the occupation, de-Arabization, and mass murder in Gaza. Yet, by lumping all Israeli Jews as the enemy, it strengthens the Zionist narrative of "they want to drive us all into the sea and our strong state is the only defense against that." Six million Israeli Jews who, historically speaking, don't belong there, nevertheless are there and are not leaving. Strategy and tactics must recognize that fact. On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Joseph Catron <jncat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, this repeats the canard that the debate is over "Israeli > Jews." In fact, Palestinian and Arab anti-normalization efforts concern > themselves with "all Israeli nationality holders that are non-Arab," as > this statement by the Jordanian Popular Boycott Movement words it: > > > http://972mag.com/anti-normalization-and-the-israeli-left-a-facebook-debate/55566/letter-2 > > Both the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) and > the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel > (PACBI) define normalization, in somewhat more liberal terms than the Arab > boycott, “as the participation in any project, initiative or activity, in > Palestine or internationally, that aims (implicitly or explicitly) to bring > together Palestinians (and/or Arabs) and Israelis (people or institutions) > without placing as its goal resistance to and exposure of the Israeli > occupation and all forms of discrimination and oppression against the > Palestinian people.” > > http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1749 > > "Israelis" would be universally understood in this context to exclude > Palestinians, or Syrians from the Golan, with Israeli passports. Needless > to say, the words "Jew" and "Jewish" are never mentioned. > > So whatever you think of Hass' exclusion, it isn't about her Jewishness, > and would be no different if she were an ethnic Russian, etc. > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
