Monday, July 7, 2025

Reference:- The adjective " antisemitic " has lost it's mojo .

Reference :-  It's time for Mr Netanyahu to introduce a new label with which to demonise those who oppose his Zionist project . 

Dear Mr Netanyahu , Sir , 

That was quite a setback you suffered when Justice Angus Stewart of the Federal Court of Australia  ruled that anti-zionism cannot be conflated with antisemitism .  To make matters worse , Amnesty International has made the same declaration ( those leftist cry-babies ). 

Clearly there is now no point in playing the antisemitism card each time protests against your final solution to the Palestinian question erupt...and those protests are becoming quite a feature in the media these days . 

I see that the British have introduced a new law proscribing Palestine Action as a " terrorist group " .  This is a step in the right direction for your plan . However you must proceed cautiously , as I will explain . 

But first , you appear to have encountered a timely opportunity in Australia , where soon after the Federal Court ruling  distancing anti-zionism from antisemitism was made public  (on about  page 30 of our newspapers ) some mentally unwell chap from Sydney inexplicably flew to Melbourne to scorch the paint on the door of a Synagogue .  You must make the most of this , and label it as a hideous terrorist attack .  Sure , it's not exactly the same as dozens of kids being blown to smithereens in Gaza by a 500 pound bomb , but it does give you something to work with .  You would be surprised at how Sky News and their comrades can beat up a story and create nationwide outrage .   

Anyway ,  here is some advice , if you will pardon my presumption .  In the UK , hugely popular personalities , including Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame ,  have come forward in support of Palestine Action , defying the draconian  new UK law . It is unhelpful when the lawmakers you lobbied make comments like  "  we accept that (the law)  is draconian , it's meant to be  . "    This angers the great unwashed .  Far better to say " This is a regrettable decision we were forced to make in the interest of law and order " .  Something like that .  As it stands ,  protests against the draconian law are already erupting throughout the UK , with damaging implications for your cause .  

Here down under, the situation is less dramatic . However, you should not have  " demanded " that the Australian Government take similar draconian actions .    Aussies don't appreciate being ordered around by their own authorities , let alone some fat soulless foreigner with warrants out for his arrest . 

In the future , instead of making demands , you should use polite language .  " We earnestly hope " would be better received in the Antipodes than " we demand " .  

I do hope that you take this feedback in the same spirit in which it has been offered .  It's  understandable  that immersed as you are , in a quagmire of war and genocide ,  while facing punishing legal challenges both international and domestic  , you might find little time to research the cultural sensitivities of the lesser nations , and thus commit an unintended faux pas . 

On a happier note , I think you still have a chance to succeed in your plan to replace the now mojoless word "antisemite " with " terrorist " in the media discourse about humanitarian  protest movements .  The Sky News anchors are probably already on board with that .   Just don't go too hard too early .  

Your comrade , 

Ken  

PS   If anybody in authority is monitoring these posts , I would like to state that I categorically do not support the protest group...I mean terrorist group .... Palestine Action at all , despite agreeing with almost everything they say .  I mean , what is anybody going to achieve by spraying paint about in deliberate acts of vandalism ?  How is that going to draw attention to a cause ?   

 

 

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