Re: <nettime> silence on Palestine?

[Andrew Ross via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Joseph, you don't have to look far to find commentators who are defining it
that way, including Israeli scholar, Raz Segal
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/16/raz_segal_textbook_case_of_genocide

and many of the members of IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace who were
arrested yesterday outside the White House
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/16/ifnotnow-jewish-voice-for-peace-protest-groups-white-house-biden

if you want a deeper analysis of how the Israeli state has transmuted grief
over lost Jewish lives into power and violence, see
Gabriel Winant's piece
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-response-to-joshua-leifer/


ar/

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On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 10:44 AM Joseph Rabie <joe@overmydeadbody.org>
wrote:

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> Le 17 oct. 2023 à 14:27, Andrew Ross via nettime-l <
> nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> a écrit :
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> ... A war of genocidal intent and proportions is going
> on, ...
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> This statement is factually incorrect: there is no evidence that Israel is
> embarking “with intent” on genocide. War crimes, or crimes against
> humanity, are more appropriate for defining the brutal treatment the
> Palestinians suffer under occupation.
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> Declaring that Israel is “committing genocide”, in Gaza or elsewhere, is a
> recurring figure. Levelled against Israel, and by extension against the
> Jewish people who founded the country, such an accusation is heavily
> charged. It operates as a deliberate attempt to relativise the Shoah.
>
> Such a statement can be interpreted as being antisemitic.
>
> Joe.
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