End the hypocrisy

May 19, 2025

I am finding the increasingly strident cries of antisemitism being levelled at anyone criticizing Israel or supporting Palestinians to be the height of hypocrisy. For 75 years, world Jewry has delighted in the state of Israel, a state built on the Nakba. Did you really think you would get away with it forever?

Only now with the advent of the internet and the proof found on smartphones are accusations of genocide being levelled at Israel, and these accusations are qualified. Supposedly radical Zionists have usurped power in Israel, and they alone are responsible for all the current carnage.

Nonsense! Israel was built on ethnic cleansing, and anyone supporting Israel since that founding has been complicit.

As former Israeli minister Shulamit Aloni has stated, the charge of antisemitism is a trick. It is used by supporters of Israel to silence any criticism of Israel. It’s time to end this rhetorical dodge.

And it’s high time for Israel and world Jewry to confront and own the monster they have created. Only then can they and their neighbours start to heal, start to mend from a century of murderous intent.