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The term ‘antisemitism’ is being weaponised and stripped of meaning – and that’s incredibly dangerous (www.theguardian.com)

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When the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials in November, the response from the country’s government was all too familiar. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, rejected outright the warrants for alleged war crimes in Gaza against him and the former defence minister Yoav Gallant, calling them “an antisemitic decision”. The ultranationalist national security adviser, Itamar Ben-Gvir, declared that the court had shown “once again that it is antisemitic through and through”. And the transport minister, Miri Regev, chimed in, claiming: “This is modern antisemitism in the guise of justice.”

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

In this context I don't mean "they", I mean the Israeli government and the ADL specifically. There are other name-able groups and individuals contributing to the messaging, but I'm not here to name them all.