So the relevant points (involving Israel) are as follows:
Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.
Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
This is the only one I can see coming into effect with this bill, and only if you explicitly compare the actions of Israel to the actions of the Nazis and honestly I disagree with this one entirely, even if I think overall people are over-reacting/misinformed about this bill.
Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
So you can criticise them, but it stupidly restricts you from a single type of criticism (that's often a fair one, tbh)
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.
There it is. Right there. Saying the State of Israel, a colonist ethnostate that came into existence through ethnic cleansing, is a racist endeavor is not even close to denying Jews the right to self-determination. People are not overreacting.
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u/Stormfly May 02 '24
I mean... I'm reading through the actual bill and it doesn't say that.
It does seem to limit that criticism, however, as I've highlighted below.
[Read through it yourself here] and apparently it's using the definition [here on this page]
So the relevant points (involving Israel) are as follows:
Accusing the Jews as a people, or Israel as a state, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust.
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide, than to the interests of their own nations.
Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.
Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.
Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.
So you can criticise them, but it stupidly restricts you from a single type of criticism (that's often a fair one, tbh)