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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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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a decent amount of active antisemitism, look at the crazy Republican cult shit. Anytime someone uses "others" as a scapegoat, from lizard people to globalists, it's just a dog whistle for Jew.

I will stand for Jews who are being targeted for their ethnicity and relgion. Who they are does not define them, their actions do. If they are anti-zionist I have no problem, same as everyone around me. If they are a Zionist, I have a problem, same as everyone.

Abolishing the term antisemitic isn't going to solve the issue of Gaza, they'll shift to a new word or older phrases. If anything Israel using it makes calling out actual antisemitic asshats an issue.

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Exactly same here.