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by *Daphna Whitmore* Last week France passed a law that equates anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. It is based on a definition <https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/working-definition-antisemitism> of anti-Semitism that includes criticism of Israel such as: “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” or “by applying double standards to Israel not demanded of any other nation”. How do Palestinians struggle against their second class status within Israel and the continued occupation of the West Bank and Gaza now? This law targets the Palestinian resistance and aims to delegitimise any challenge to Zionism. Similar laws are evident in other parts of Europe and in the US. The US has 27 states that oppose the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, on the premise that the campaign is anti-Semitic. The wording of the French legislation includes a definition of Israel “as a collective composed of Jewish citizens.” This gives credence to the Nation-State Law in Israel which enshrines the second class status of Palestinians and other non-Jews in Israel. As Haaretz writer Gideon Levy asks <https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-from-now-on-every-palestinian-is-an-anti-semite-1.8230347> ” If Israel is a collective of Jewish citizens, what are the Palestinian citizens? And what are. . . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2019/12/09/frances-anti-zionism-is-anti-liberte/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
