Since House Resolution 888 already equated and condemned anti-Zionism with antisemitism, fascists felt this was not enough, so the House just proposed a new, more fascist resolution than the last. Once the fascist gets a taste for destroying rights, they just can’t stop.
Resolutions cannot ban actions and only condemn, but what else is the point of a resolution than to affect those taking that specific action which is condemned? The intent is still there. It is still an attempt at those who oppose Israel and the war crimes Israel is committing.
The latest release from the fascist autocracy in House Resolution 894:
denounces antisemitism worldwide.
reaffirms strong support for the Jewish community.
calls on elected leaders to fight antisemitism globally and at home.
anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
rejects all forms of harassment toward Jewish people.
What concerns me is the rallying call for leaders to attack protests at home and worldwide. This resolution falsely equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism, which it then directs leaders to use as justification to silence anyone that opposes Israel and the atrocities they commit in Gaza.
There is a list of events the resolution cites as evidence of antisemitism. Most of these events occurred in other places in the world and not in America. The protests that are cited are all characterized as attacks on the Jewish faith, but at those protests, no Jewish person was attacked or hateful rhetoric used. “Free Palestine,” shouldn’t trigger such a response from anyone. That doesn’t incite hate toward Jews. It is a statement of freedom for a country that has sovereignty and should be respected as any nation should. This resolution tries to equate these protests to the insurrection which is calculated and disingenuous.
Where are the resolutions protecting Palestinians and people of Middle Eastern dissent? People of Middle Eastern dissent and Palestinians are being targeted and killed in the US. There are no resolutions protecting them.
It’s odd that the resolutions that are meant to “protect” the Jewish community have an attached condemnation/attacks on free speech. None of the protests attacked anyone for being Jewish. This falsely attributes a link with speaking out against Israel’s human rights abuses to hating the Jewish faith. No one is attacking the Jewish religion. The US government wants anti-Zionism to equate directly to antisemitism despite the fact that is them alone making that link. With more and more of these pro-Israeli resolutions, it seems like the US government is attempting to legitimize their argument.
The fact that this resolution is directed toward the world so that other leaders will follow suit and attack the dissenters of Israel, and and also seeks to spread this false equivalency of anti-Zionism as antisemitism as justification, is all meant to silence every anti-Zionist worldwide so the genocide of Palestinians can continue.
They are targeting free speech. They call for leaders to “fight back.”
In every manner this is an attack on the First Amendment. Through their condemnation of free speech which is not attacking the Jewish religion, but is intended to support Palestinian rights, the US government is doing everything it can to silence and discredit anyone that supports Palestine. They are skirting the line as much as possible into making these attacks on free speech actionable.
Remember that in Resolution 888, that only two voted against the pro-Israel resolution. This means that all of the “progressive Democrats” voted to attack your free speech and they do not support Palestinian human rights.
How many more resolutions before people realize this current elected government is making attempts at our rights and free speech?
VOTE THEM ALL OUT
VOTE 3RD PARTY
DEMAND AN EMBARGO ON ISRAEL AND THE US
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE. MAY THE WHOLE WORLD BE FREE.
Shout it in their faces and outside every elected officials window.
Protest. Be ungovernable. Vote 3rd party. Volunteer. Boycott. Donate. Contact your elected official. Share the stories from Palestine. Share the news from Palestine. Share the history of Palestine. Please extend the same energy to other countries/people facing atrocities and genocide- Sudan, the Congo, the Rohingyans, West Papua, Armenians, and the Uyghurs.