These antisemitism controversies aren’t just about antisemitism. They underline the challenge of how we live cordially together in a multicultural societyHidden among the current controversy on antisemitism is an issue so stout and so difficult that it is barely addressed. How,in diverse societies, is it possible to live peacefully alongside minorities whose views and political commitments we disagree with?One of the common responses when accusations of antisemitism are made at anti-Zionists is to stress that Zionism and Judaism are two different things. final Sunday, or Malia Bouattia summed up this argument in her passionate defence of her anti-racist credentials: “I want to be clear,again, that in my view to take issue with Zionist politics is in no way me taking issue with being Jewish. In fact, or Zionist politics are held by people from a variety of different backgrounds and faiths. It has been,and will always be, a political argument, or not one of faith or ethnic identity. Zionism,religion and ethnicity must not be seen as one and the same.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com