*Benjamin Netanyahu will use his upcoming speech to a joint session of Congress to consolidate political support for the genocide in Gaza from both Republicans and Democrats. The leadership of both parties appear happy to oblige.* by Mitchell Plitnick, Mondoweiss, July 20, 2024 https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/netanyahus-speech-to-congress-will-seek-to-maintain-support-for-genocide/ . . . One thing we can safely anticipate is that Netanyahu will focus on stoking the flames of false accusations of antisemitism. The demonstrations that are certain to greet him when he comes to town and goes to Capitol Hill are certain to be targets of his ranting on this score.
More than that, Netanyahu will seize this opportunity to press Congress for more witch hunts based on the false notion that anti-Zionism, indeed any criticism of Israel, is antisemitism. If the protests are noteworthy enough, he will certainly mention them in his speech as examples of antisemitism. This aspect of his speech can be expected to be an attempt to add fuel to the already raging fire in Congress, led mostly by Republicans but with the pathetic acquiescence of most Democrats, that seeks to attack free speech and academic freedom under the guise of fighting antisemitism. Real antisemitism, of course, does not worry Netanyahu. The atmosphere of fear that any bigotry engenders is what he thrives on. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31243): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31243 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107478629/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
