Australia's "Antisemitism Envoy" Makes It Clear That Israel's Critics Are The Real Target

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of a new handbook that conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel.

However bad you're imagining it is, it's worse. The handbook, set to be formally launched later this week under the title "Understanding Antisemitism in Australia," explicitly conflates antisemitism and antizionism with statements like "Antisemitism and antizionism are both expressions of hatred towards Jews" and asserting that it is antisemitic to accuse Israel of "apartheid, oppression, racism and genocide." Reading by Tim Foley.

People in this episode

Hosts: Caitlin Johnstone, Tim Foley

Topics covered

• antisemitism
• antizionism
• Israel
• Australia
• political discourse

Keywords

• antisemitism
• antizionism
• Israel
• Australia
• politics
• handbook
• criticism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Israel, Australia

Books & works: Understanding Antisemitism in Australia

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