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Conflating Judaism with Israel is antisemitism. So why does Israel do it all the time? Abraham Gutman © Provided by NBC News
Some messages stay with you. “You are Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in Philip Roth s ‘Plot Against America,’” a stranger direct-messaged me on Twitter after I outlined my criticism of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land on NPR on Monday. The semi-pretentious burn compared me to a fictional Jewish rabbi who supports the Nazis’ (also fictional) takeover of the American presidency. According to this Twitter critic, my support for Palestinian rights was “feeding antisemitism.”
Criticizing Israeli policy is not new for me and neither is the backlash that inevitably follows. But it never gets easier. As someone who was born and raised in Israel, I don’t take accusations that I’m “feeding antisemitism” lightly. But I do refuse to believe that my safety, and the safety of my family, is dependent on oppressing anyone else
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