'At a time when public awareness of and support for Palestinian liberation is gaining significant momentum, the use of a blunt instrument like an accusation of antisemitism has become an effective tool to silence Palestinian solidarity.'
This is particularly true when it comes to silencing progressive social movements which draw links between Palestinian solidarity and other forms of anti-racism within a broader racial justice framework. Deeming Palestinian identity, imagery, history, and heritage an existential threat to Jews is used to shield Israel from any kind of meaningful scrutiny or accountability for its brutal human rights abuses.
These incidents might seem like social media fodder, but they’re reflective of a reaction against the growing strength of the Palestine liberation movement—a reaction that seeks to label even the most mundane criticism of Israel’s behaviour an attack on Jews.
State and military violence is inflicted on Palestinian communities on a daily basis. On the day Emma Watson posted on Instagram, settlers destroyed a Palestinian cemetery in Burqa near Nablus, and the hunger strike of Hisham Abu Hawash—a Palestinian prisoner being kept in Israeli custody without charge, now due to be released on 26 February—entered its 140th day. Yet the public conversation continues to centre on antisemitism.
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