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Exposing Jewish Exceptionalism In Canadian Media

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To 'spell it out' for those who still can't wrap their heads around it:
What Israel is trying to claim (which is a logical fallacy): Any attack/criticism on Israel = attacking Jewish people = attack on Jewish/Judaism religion
The reality: Any criticism Attack on Israel =/= attacking Jewish people =/= attack Jewish/Judaism religion
So what about those that practice Judaism in Gaza? What about those that practice Judaism that has no roots in Israel at all?
- The no true Jew. No true Jew would not be an Isteali.
  
  Exactly. A logical fallacy.
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A lot of Lemmy is obsessed with 'the jews'. It's honestly super tiring. I guess there's a reason reddit still dominates.
- Conflating Israel and its actions with Judaism in general is anti-Semitic.
  
  I'm afraid it's probably inevitable, antisemitism is coming back into fashion. Good job, Zionists.
  
  Conflation is antisemitic, and blaming Canadian Jews for what Israel is doing is unacceptable. I think we should be asking Canada's Jewish communities to use their special relationship(s) with Israel to apply maximum pressure to stop the genocide and famine.
  I think you should write a letter to your MP first. The Israeli ambassador second. A local Israeli consular official third (if applicable). Your MLA/MPP fourth. Any organizations you're part of that have a special relationship with Israel.
  ...Then talk to your Jewish friends to explain that you've reached out to the people most responsible for communicating with Israel, but if they feel they have a special relationship with Israel you'd really appreciate it if they'd use whatever influenece they have to make it clear that Canada's Jewish community doesn't support the genocide of Gaza.
  CBC's podcast Front Burner recently did an interview with a UNICEF worker that had just returned from Gaza, it's heartbreaking.
  
  Sure but there's also a dog whistle aspect. Honestly though as a non-jew but also a non-jew hater it makes lemmy a really unappealing platform when every network I go on just wants to talk about (((the jews))). I know that if you click the link and read the article the word Jewish comes up 143 times and Israel 60 but guys.... I just want to read about Canada or something else unrelated to the middle east.

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