I read the Mearsheimer Walt article that either preceded or followed the book (I can’t remember which), and was struck by the same Ben-Gurion quote, which I passed on to some friends. The article is long. It made me aware that things I was noticing on my own, e.g., the weaponization of “antisemitism” to include anything critical of Israe…
I read the Mearsheimer Walt article that either preceded or followed the book (I can’t remember which), and was struck by the same Ben-Gurion quote, which I passed on to some friends. The article is long. It made me aware that things I was noticing on my own, e.g., the weaponization of “antisemitism” to include anything critical of Israel, as well as the justification that “Israel has the right to defend itself,” were longstanding memes developed as a propaganda decades ago. Yet they’re still being used, not only by Israel, but by our mainstream press in the U.S., our universities and the Democratic Party. Biden used that identical language in response to an email I sent the White House in support of a ceasefire in early 2024, despite my having said in my email that killing children was not “defense.” They of course knew this, just as they knew the stories of beheaded babies had been debunked. They used them anyway. Thus they were dishonest and cynical and not just naive.
I read the Mearsheimer Walt article that either preceded or followed the book (I can’t remember which), and was struck by the same Ben-Gurion quote, which I passed on to some friends. The article is long. It made me aware that things I was noticing on my own, e.g., the weaponization of “antisemitism” to include anything critical of Israel, as well as the justification that “Israel has the right to defend itself,” were longstanding memes developed as a propaganda decades ago. Yet they’re still being used, not only by Israel, but by our mainstream press in the U.S., our universities and the Democratic Party. Biden used that identical language in response to an email I sent the White House in support of a ceasefire in early 2024, despite my having said in my email that killing children was not “defense.” They of course knew this, just as they knew the stories of beheaded babies had been debunked. They used them anyway. Thus they were dishonest and cynical and not just naive.