(Jewish Group) It's hard for us on the Israeli left - liberal antisemitism makes it worse

[MosheFeingold]

10. I'm hoping you didn't mean to do this

But your short post has a lot of antisemitic elements to it:

Let me parse:

"The whole world does not hate Israelis or Jews. Many of us hate your Likud . . . "

The key word here is "your". I have no idea who the "your" is you refer to. The author? I don't know her nationality, but she is writing in a British paper. She could be Israeli. She could be English. If the "your" refers to us Jewish frequent posters, well, I believe we are all Americans. Sadly, Donald Trump is our president. The Likud is not "our" government.

"hateful fascist government because they are hateful fascists, not because they are Jewish. That is what she needs to learn. Many people who love America hate the current corrupt fascist regime."

Well, this is over-the-top hyperbole and very similar to Arab activists who call all Israelis "Nazis." No, Israel has a very vibrant, open, democracy, including lots of Druze and Arabs (both Nazarene and Muslim) who are very happy to be citizens. The Likud is a pretty mild center-right party, made up of a good mix of Jewish, Druze, and other people largely relatively-recent victims of ethnic cleansing from the surrounding Muslim countries. It's not remotely fascist.

Now, that doesn't mean I agree with Likud. But that's a bit like calling Mitt Romney a fascist. No, he's a smug asshole who talks out of both sides of his mouth. So, perhaps not coincidentally, is Bibi Netanyahu.

But neither is a fascist.

Please be careful with this kind of hyperbole. People take it literally.