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Israel's Backers Are Now Advocating The Assassination Of Greta Thunberg (www.caitlinjohnst.one)

submitted 4 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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US Senator Lindsay Graham has just tweeted an article titled “Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade,” adding the comment, “Hope Greta and her friends can swim!”

Australian Zionist think tanker Arsen Ostrovsky somehow outdid Graham, tweeting “Oh look, the little jihadi Greta Thunberg is trying to get into Gaza, to show solidarity with Hamas. It would be so sad if something were to happen to her flotilla…”

There’s not a lot that can shock me about Israel and its supporters these days. But if you’d traveled back in time a few years ago it would be hard to explain to someone how we got to a timeline that includes Israel supporters openly advocating the assassination of Greta Thunberg.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No. Antisemitism is still a very present thing. Criticizing Israel's government and opposing the zionism movement isn't the same as hating Jewish people for simply being Jewish.

Jewish people are still victims of hate regardless of anything. Just because Israel is using it to justify a genocide doesn't mean we should forget about it.

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Yep we get that. There is anti semitism that still exist with neo Nazis. But anti Zionist is not anti Semitic