|
Trending Topics
|
The Obsession with Israel Is Becoming Creepy
(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) David Suissa - The typical American college goes out of its way to protect minorities from the tiniest microaggression that might offend them. But when Jewish students face venomous macroaggressions like being called "baby killers," suddenly it becomes an issue of free speech. I would call the world's surreal infatuation with the Jews creepy. Creepy is a word I use for anything that's gone so far it weirds me out. It makes my skin crawl. The world's obsession with a group that is less that 0.2% of the world's population has crossed the boundaries of moral vocabulary and into creepiness. Accusing Israel of "genocide" against Palestinians - when the Palestinian population has grown from 1.3 million to 2.1 million in Gaza and 2.4 million to 3.4 million in the West Bank since 2005 - is not just sinister and libelous. It means you're accusing the people who suffered through a genocide of committing their own. As George Orwell wrote, "One of the marks of antisemitism is an ability to believe stories that could not possibly be true." Dr. Orli Peter, a clinical and neuropsychologist, writes: "The power of the genocide libel is that it doesn't just persuade people, it changes the moral rules. Once you've convinced the public that Jews are the ultimate moral evil, a 'genocidaire' or a 'baby killer,' you've handed millions a psychological permission slip to conduct acts that would normally be unthinkable....By the time the evidence catches up, the damage has already been done."