It's all part of trying to downplay the history of what has happened to the Jewish people. I've seen them try to stretch the meaning of "holocaust" too in an effort to deny the unique history of Jews. No, they're not victims of the unimaginable. They're just colonizing oppressors.
But, yes, it is indeed also to try in the short term to besmirch Israel's current actions because genocide, rightfully, has historically been a scary word.
I'm not a fan at all of Netanyahu and his policies. But it was Hamas that attacked Israel, not the other way around. Israel is a nation of 9.7 million people. In one day, they had 1,500 people killed and another 250 taken hostage. That works out to roughly 1 in every 6,000 people. Our current population is about 336,000,000. A surprise terrorist attack across our border would need to result in 56,000 killed and taken hostage to have the same proportionate impact.
Can you imagine the response if that happened? I'm guessing overwhelming force.
Also, why is it that non-POC don't get to define racism and men don't get to define misogyny but anyone can say, that's not antisemitism?
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