Antisemitism Has Been Weaponised By The Far Right As A Witch Hunt
Project 2025 and Project Esther are right wing authoritarian blueprints for the disempowerment of progressive influence in the United States of America. Antisemitism has been weaponised by the Far Right as a witch hunt. This is a global campaign supported by the Trump regime and the Far Right Israeli regime of Netanyahu. Americans have history with these kinds of extreme conservative campaigns. Think about the ‘reds under the beds’ anti-Communist witch hunts of 1950s America. The power and influence of Hollywood was dismantled via this scare campaign of Senator Joseph McCarthy and others.
Right Wing Politicians Crying Wolf “Antisemitism’
Project Esther had no input from Jewish organisations but was designed by Christian Zionists. The Trump administration is in lockstep with Christian Nationalists and their Old Testament heavy interpretation of Christianity. Attacking pro-Palestinian academics and student bodies at American universities has been a feature of the first year of President Donald Trump’s America. Defunding public universities and pressuring trustees of wealthy universities like Harvard and Columbia have been hallmarks of Trump’s regime. Antisemitism has been weaponised by the Far Right as a witch hunt. This pejorative labelling of perceived enemies of those authoritarians on the Right is a key plank of these blueprints.
Conflating Any Criticism Of Israel With Antisemitism Is Wrong
The conflation of Jewishness with Zionist Israeli state actions is a deliberate strategy. Israel does not represent all Jews globally. This weaponisation of ‘antisemitism’ by those on the Right seeks to establish this conflation in the minds of many. They wish to make any criticism of Israel antisemitic. This is a cynical abuse of political correctness. It is about stifling protest and damaging the perceived virtuousness of those on the Left. These right wing political strategists wish to condemn all those standing up for Palestinians as terrorists. They have been successful in this in the UK, Australia and elsewhere. Zionist influencers in these countries have deliberately pressured the media, prominent individuals and politicians via law suits and threats. Criticism of Israel has been dampened via these campaigns.
Israel Has Destroyed Gaza & Killed 70, 000 Plus Human Beings
I would remind those who may have forgotten that Israel has destroyed an entire city, Gaza, and murdered more than 70, 000 non-combatant men, women and children. Journalists have been killed in their hundreds during this conflict, as well as aid workers and doctors. Including Australians.
Just 2 Individuals Out Of 27 Million
There is no justifiable excuse for the Bondi Beach shooting, where 2 Australians murdered 15 innocent human beings and wounded many others. This was 2 Australians out of a population of 27 million. It does not signify that those protesting the genocide committed by Israel are antisemitic. In fact the public protests by many Australians seek an end to the destruction of Gaza and the killing of Palestinians and Israelis.
“I see reports that the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen were on ASIO’s radar. Well, further investigative reports tell us that they travelled to the Philippines in November and attended militia training there in the south. This would involve firearms training and learning strategies for shooting people, I would suggest. It seems that our security agencies are not all that we might hope, if the evidence is anything to go by. This in conjunction with gun laws that allowed an individual to have licenses for 6 firearms. What do you need to have this many guns for? It is time to stop treating gun owners with kid gloves and get real about the dangers these deadly weapons pose to the greater community.”
Antisemitism has been weaponised by the Far Right as a witch hunt. Through doing this it has demeaned the term itself. It is an abuse of language and meaning for political advantage. In the end, it is always about the grab for power, land and wealth. God has very little to do with it. ‘So called’ religious wars and conflicts are, in fact, about who controls the land and who has the power. Benjamin Netanmyahu is a Far Right political leader who has unleashed a murderous genocide upon the Palestinian people and decimated the city of Gaza. Accusing protesters of being antisemitic is a cynical strategy designed to deflect from the horrendous actions he initiated.
“When the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-wing think tank in the United States, released a playbook last year for how to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement, it did not garner much attention. But more than eight months later, the policy document – known as Project Esther – now faces heightened scrutiny from activists and media outlets, in part because President Donald Trump appears to be following its blueprint.”
Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of What Price Life?; America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump; and other titles. NOW AVAILABLE AT APPLE BOOKS & GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS. Google Play Books AUDIOBOOK
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