Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[The Bedlington Terrier]

We all hate Jews (not Leeds!)

Israel Just Called China Antisemitic. Yes, Really.

Israel has officially classified China as an antisemitic state and is calling on the world to impose a comprehensive political and economic boycott against Beijing.
Take a moment. Breathe. Then consider what is actually happening here.
China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil and provides Iran with critical economic support. Washington has already sanctioned Chinese refineries for the crime of trading with Tehran. And now Israel, a state currently engaged in an active war against Iran with full American military backing, wants the world to also boycott China politically and economically.
This is not a principled stand against hatred. This is geopolitical warfare dressed in moral language.
The antisemitism label has become the most overworked instrument in modern diplomacy. Criticise Israeli policy: antisemitic. Refuse to endorse a blockade: antisemitic. Buy Iranian oil legally on the open market: antisemitic.
At this rate, the word will soon mean nothing beyond "country that declined to do what Israel wanted."
Consider the audacity of the ask. Israel wants nations to boycott a country of 1.4 billion people, the world's second largest economy, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and the manufacturing backbone of global supply chains. For what? For condemning a war that has killed hundreds of Iranian civilians and calling for a ceasefire.
Imagine this from the same Israel, a state notorious for her unspeakable genocide in Gaza and unrestrained killing of civilians in Lebanon calling for sanctions on another nation.
China's foreign ministry condemned Israeli and American strikes on Iran and declared its support for Iran in defending its sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
That is not antisemitism. That is a foreign policy position shared by most of the world.
Good luck with the boycott, Israel. You will need it.

So here is the question: when the antisemitism charge is applied to 1.4 billion people for opposing a war, what exactly does the word mean anymore?

[sinkov]

Even the Evil Orange Emperor cannot sue for third party exposure for stuff that's already in the public domain. I actually wrote "Donald Trump has not been criminally convicted of s-e-xual assault or rape". Try and keep up old chap.

The ABC hack lied about Trump, I've seen more lies from your good self about Trump in the last year than I've had hot dinners, still you'll be alright, he has bigger fish to fry than halfwits on English football forums, and anyway I won't tell him.