Aftershock: Anti-zionism and Anti-semitismVerbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened? This book attempts to explain the phenomenon. Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal is destruction of the State of Israel, use accusations of the worst forms of human rights violations against Israel to delegitimize the state. These accusations criminalize the Jewish population worldwide for actual or presumed support of the State of Israel. The contemporary international human rights system and the existence of the State of Israel are twin legacies of the Holocaust. The failure of the human rights system to prevent attacks on Israel and the Jews is an aftershock of the Holocaust. |
Contents
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From AntiZionism to Antisemitism | 30 |
The Accusation of Occupation | 60 |
The FenceWall | 87 |
The Claimed Palestinian Right of Return | 100 |
Patterns of Prejudice | 113 |
Corruption of International Institutions | 129 |
The Harvest of Hate | 145 |
Jews from Arab Countries | 158 |
Israel and the Right to Selfdetermination | 182 |
Combatting Antisemitism Differing Perspectives | 206 |
Strategies for Combatting AntiZionism | 226 |
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING | 240 |