Sunday, 17 May 2026

Antisemitism is blown up out of all proportion when the Jews and Christians do this with their islamophobia!

Antisemitism bears no comparison with the viciousness, the atrocities from the islamophobics - ourselves! 

An example of our side's wicked islamophobia - extracts from:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/09/israel-what-went-wrong-by-omer-bartov-review-the-long-view?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other


"Israel’s attack on Iran is only the most recent example of its degeneration in recent decades, coming on top of its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, genocide in Gaza, invasion of Syria and relentless bombardment of Lebanon. The fact that the US joined in this illegal war confirmed to many in the region what they have long suspected: that the country is an outpost of western imperialism in the Middle East." 

"In the early years of statehood, Israel was seen in the west as an icon of liberal, progressive and egalitarian society.

"Today, it is widely regarded as an immoral, violent, cruel and oppressive apartheid state. The Israeli response to the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 was a major milestone in the gradual slide to its status as an international pariah. Israel claimed the right to self-defence, but proceeded to act in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law."

"The moral and political degradation of Israel is the subject of this remarkable book. The author, Omer Bartov, has impeccable credentials for writing it: he was born on a kibbutz, he served as an officer in the IDF, and is currently professor of holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University in the US. It is dedicated to his father, Hanoch Bartov, “the last Zionist”, a reference to the liberal brand of Zionism to which the whole family were evidently dedicated. Yet this book is written more in sorrow than in anger. Its goal is not to condemn Zionism but to explain its evolution from a dream to a nightmare."


Avi Shlaim is an emeritus professor of international relations at the University of Oxford and the author of Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine. Israel: What Went Wrong? by Omer Bartov is published by Fern Press (£20).

This article was amended on 14 May 2026. An earlier version said the ICJ found there was a “plausible risk of genocide in Gaza” This has been clarified to reflect that the court found that the right of Palestinians in Gaza to be protected from acts of genocide was at risk.

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