On the Mainstreaming of Modern Anti-Semitism

(Prof. John Mearsheimer, co-progenitor of the modern anti-Semitism and fan of Gilad Atzmon.) 

Mondoweiss is a repository of anti-Zionist rhetoric which engages in regular, sometimes thoughtful and sometimes thoughtless support of the Palestinian cause. Make no mistake: the Occupation is loathsome, problematic, and counter-productive to every interest and particularly Israel's. However, this is a site that has sometimes found common cause with Hamas. Moreover, this is a site that, due to a lax moderation policy, is a hive of the anti-Semitism which frankly characterizes the majority of Israel bashing.

An example of Anti-Semitism masquerading as pro-Palestinian sympathy (look to the comments). Here, the author ignores the Holocaust and Palestinian terror in the initial post and when challenged in the comments, responds in a tone best described as blithe and exasperated. Moreover, other comments refer to Holocaust exploitation in a loathsome way and, as the new anti-Semitism is want to do, rehashes all manner of Judenhaas with the supposedly polite alteration of "Zionist" for "Jewish". Umkukn zikh. 

UPDATE: So, I just noticed this thread.

Please take note of the tone and direction of the commentary. It's hard to avoid the inevitable conclusion that the anti-Israel conversation is deeply suffused with anti-Semitism. As to the topic on hand, this is more just a general comment and an opinion of mine:

What I find interesting here is that this is an example of the commitment and power of the Israeli center and left, demonstrating that Zionism is essentially and naturally secular in its practical character.

Yair Lapid (who is currently polling poorly, granted) swept in on the Yesh Atid ticket largely because he promised to deal with the Haredi problem pragmatically. Now Lapid has begun to do so in a fashion which will (in the tradition of the Israeli founders and especially Herzl) suffuse the Israeli character further through the population of the state at the expense of traditional religious Judaism. This is precisely the opposite of what the national-religious YB/JH right might support, but what is precisely necessary for the continuing success of the Zionist project.