HI Marv: Re " Even those watching the marches from the sidelines who are horrified by the genocide and sympathetic to the Palestinians generally accept the right of Israel to exist. They only wish for the oppression of the Palestinians to end and for Israel to peacefully coexist with its neighbours. They are therefore prone to interpreting the conspicuous display of Palestinian flags, kaffiyehs, chants, and other symbols as confirmation that Palestinian freedom means driving the Jews into the sea. That is precisely the narrative that the Zionists promote in order to discredit the Palestine solidarity movement, and it should be possible to educate the movement about its sectarian limitations without denouncing it in a sectarian way. "
It used to be that such tactics as you describe quite accurately (in my view), were described as "ultra-left". Right now there is a bit of a ferment in Germany, over the recent attempts of Die Linke, to distance itself from what have been called "clans". One of the Die Linke party elected representatives has been quite heavily criticised and/or silenced by the party over Ferat Kocak's seeming closeness to a gang represetative named Remmo: "The son of the Remmo family published a chat log showing that Koçak had asked for the assistance of "all your people" in circulating a video—to which Remmo replied, "Sure, brother" (sic!). In the video, titled "Hysterical Ongoing Debate: CLANS," Koçak speaks out against the use of the term "clan crime." Critics argue that the term stigmatizes people solely on the basis of their background and family affiliation." Antisemitismus und Nähe zu Clans: Linke unter Verdacht 23.09.202623. September 2026 At the same time this becomes an 'opening' for the rightwing and the openly Zionists - and the attack is widened to Kocak's support of the PFLP. Such "muddying" is possible to clarify by disavowing any criminal activity (including if that truly includes the family Remmo) but reaffirming support for Palestinian groups that fight in a principled way. H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43673): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43673 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121651941/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
