Criticising politicians
Any suggestion that it is un-Australian to criticise Australian politicians for their actions or inactions would probably be met with actions ranging from the rolling of eyes to shrieks of derisive laughter. The media and available books suggest that similar criticisms of American politicians are not un-American and the same philosophies or freedoms seem to be applicable in Britain. Then, those are apparently democratic countries, or hold themselves out to be.
Why are criticisms of Israeli politicians regarded as un-Israeli, other than that those politicians have invented and weaponised a special word for un-Israelianism? If mere objective criticism is to be taken as un-Israeli then, of course, one must contemplate a reasonably logical assumption, that Israeli governance is not democratic, in which case, why should it not be criticised?
(Is the expression “un-Israelianism” sufficiently cynical to warrant an accusation of antisemitism?)
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