Interview · moment 7 of 28
Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Israel as an Apartheid State
from Bonus Episode: Abby Martin
3 min
Guest
They discuss real antisemitism and Islamophobia rising, Tim asks how Israel's founding differs from other colonized nations, and Abby argues Israel's foundational structure constitutes an apartheid, settler-colonial state.
- Israel conflates itself with Judaism while using the Star of David to represent a colonizing, apartheid settler-colonial state.
- Tim asks why Israel is treated differently than other nations founded through conquest, like America, when critics call anti-Israel sentiment anti-Semitic.
- The claim that criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic has been used as an excuse to suppress legitimate political debate for decades.
- Jewish solidarity activists and religious and secular Jews now participate prominently in pro-Palestine protests and direct actions.
- The question isn't whether Jews have the right to exist, but whether Israel has the right to exist as an apartheid military occupation subjugating another people.
- Tim prepares to explain what apartheid means in the context of Israel.
Israelanti-SemitismIslamophobiaUnited States