"They might conflate the state of Israel with the faith of Judaism so that an act against the state is an act against the faith, making any resistance to state goals definitively antisemitic.."
Bingo. The conflation of religion and politics is absolutely intentional. It's an antisemitic trope in its own way that has become part and parcel of the GOP platform these days. "Any Jewish person that votes for Biden does not love Israel and, frankly, should be spoken to." -- Donald Trump, April 8, 2024
"They might conflate the state of Israel with the faith of Judaism so that an act against the state is an act against the faith, making any resistance to state goals definitively antisemitic.."
Bingo. The conflation of religion and politics is absolutely intentional. It's an antisemitic trope in its own way that has become part and parcel of the GOP platform these days. "Any Jewish person that votes for Biden does not love Israel and, frankly, should be spoken to." -- Donald Trump, April 8, 2024
I think the fascist right wingers are doing this because they hate being called nazis, so they can say "we don't hate the Jews, see?!"
They also like Netanyahu, because he's a right wing nutjob asshole too.
If Israel had a progressive leader, we wouldn't be seeing this, I bet.
I will always find Christians like this weird and just pieces of crap. Full stop.