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Even Mentioning “Occupation” at the Oscars Is Antisemitic, Some Jewish Hollywood Figures Say (theintercept.com)
submitted 7 months ago by aleph@lemm.ee to c/israel_palestine_pol@lemmy.world
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“The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history” gets the prize for the most oblivious statement I've seen all week.

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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This entire thing feels like Iraq all over again. Brainwashed ultranationalists excusing all war-crimes and anyone that dares speak out is a pariah. Then 5 years later everyone pretends to have been on your side all along.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're absolutely right.

I'm old enough to have been in college in the aftermath of 9-11 and the build up to the second US-Iraq war and distinctly remember that nothing was able to still the beating of the war drums - not journalists calling out the "dodgy dossier" from UK intelligence that supposedly provided proof of WMDs, not a million anti-war protesters marching in the streets against the US/UK contravening the UN to invade Iraq. The government went ahead anyway, backed by a significant proportion of the media.

The feeling of futility with the current situation in Gaza is all too familiar.

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

This is kind of surreal, that letter is the literal embodiment "The Jews Control Hollywood" trope.

The complete lack of awareness around the idea of Never Again is just mind bogglingly to me.