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It's frustrating because Israelis and Jews are distinct peoples. This unwavering support for Israel doesn't even necessarily help Jews.

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The Ultra-Orthodox can't even join the IDF. The issue is that the US HR Bill passed which legally equated Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism, and the US control the narrative in the english-speaking world around the Genocide. It's Orwellian in the extreme.

https://www.thefire.org/news/combat-anti-semitism-house-bill...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/us-house-passes-cont...

conflating jews with israel is biggest anti semitic thing one can do

This statement betrays a deep lack of imagination about other things one could do against Jews. Killing them, for instance, or putting them in concentration camps are both far worse than any association you might choose to make with Israel.

right shouldve said one of the biggest poor wording

I would argue it doesn't, because both cases are examples of guilt by association. One is history, the other is manufactured by israel

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