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Beastly Boy

(11,432 posts)
4. Now I don't understand what your point is.
Wed Apr 17, 2024, 04:24 PM
Apr 2024

In my experience, those who use the mentioned terms as pejoratives, never clarify definitions. The aim, as I mentioned, is to bypass inquiries into the meaning of these terms while directly associating them with Israel, again, bypassing any inquiries into what "Israel" entails.

When I push back against normalizing this narrative (and it is a single narrative made up of a very limited number of themes), I always refer to authoritative sources like the Rome Statute (https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/RS-Eng.pdf), the UN Convention on Apartheid (https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.10_International%20Convention%20on%20the%20Suppression%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Apartheid.pdf), the UN definition of genocide (https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml), the Jewish Virtual Library (https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/a-definition-of-zionism), etc.

To no avail. Those who are bent on normalizing the use of these terms to deride Israel pay no attention. And frankly, I am tired of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different result... Ok, I am not expecting different results, so don't call me insane.

So I am at a loss as to how these definitions could be clarified any further. As the saying goes, you can only lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.

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