Former Israeli Minister Admits Israel Uses Ad Hominem Attacks on Critics to Shield Israel from Criticism

January 7, 2024 | Categories: Guest Contributions | Tags: |  Print This Article

Former Israeli Minister Admits Israel Uses Ad Hominem Attacks on Critics to Shield Israel from Criticism

Israel knows the US prestitutes will do Israel’s work for Israel.

In a 2002 interview the former Israeli government minister Shulamit Aloni was asked by Amy Goodman: “Often when there is dissent expressed in the United States against policies of the Israeli government, people here are called antisemitic. What is your response to that as an Israeli Jew?” Shulamit Aloni replied “Well, it’s a trick, we always use it. When from Europe somebody is criticizing Israel, then we bring up the Holocaust. When in this country [the US] people are criticizing Israel, then they are antisemitic.” She added that there is an “Israel, my country right or wrong” attitude and “they’re not ready to hear criticism.” Antisemitism, the Holocaust and “the suffering of the Jewish people” are exploited to “justify everything we do to the Palestinians.”

https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/the-antisemitic-moment/