{"id":165710,"date":"2021-05-16T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/?p=24861"},"modified":"2021-05-16T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T08:13:07","slug":"israel-palestine-avoiding-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/05\/16\/israel-palestine-avoiding-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-hate-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Palestine: Avoiding antisemitic and Islamophobic hate speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Talking about what&#8217;s happening in&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishnews.timesofisrael.com\/topic\/palestine\/\">Israel-Palestine<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is vital, now and always. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">But: we have to do it <strong>without falling back on <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishnews.timesofisrael.com\/jew-taunting-and-israeli-flag-destroyed-at-london-demo\/\">antisemitic and anti-Muslim tropes and speech<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Think before you post!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Be clear about what you mean when using labels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Jewish<\/strong> or <strong>Muslim<\/strong> refers to people all over the world who are part of a religious group<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Palestinian or Israeli are <strong>national identities&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Zionism<\/strong> is the belief in the right of the Jewish people to self-determination (and not all people who call themselves Zionist share the same opinion about the exact territory, principles, etc. of the state of Israel). \u2018Zionist\u2019 or \u2018Zio\u2019 <strong>should not be used<\/strong> as a term of abuse<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Arab<\/strong> is a grouping of people whose mother tongue is Arabic and there is great diversity across the Arab World (i.e. Jordan can\u2019t simply become Palestine just because they are Arabs)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Islamism<\/strong> is an academic term with French origins that refers to a broad spectrum of political ideologies. Islamism is not a synonym for terrorism and should not be used as such<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">2. <strong>Do not hold Jews responsible<\/strong> for the decisions of the Israeli leaders, <strong>or Muslims responsible<\/strong> for the decisions of the Palestinian leaders<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">3. Do not demand that Jews or Muslims must take a certain political position on the issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">4. Do not assume that all Palestinians or Israelis support the actions of their governments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">5. Anti-Zionism is not always <strong>antisemitic <\/strong>(for example if someone is generally anti-nationalism and believes in abolishing nation-states)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">However, it can be, for example if criticism of Israel goes beyond that of its government policies and uses&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/AboutUs\/CivilSociety\/ReportHC\/75_The%20Louis%20D.%20Brandeis%20Center%20_Fact%20Sheet%20Anti-Semitism.pdf\"><strong>antisemitic tropes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight outside the US embassy in London; &quot;Khaybar Khaybar, ya yahud, Jaish Muhammad, sa yahud&quot; or &quot;Jews, remember Khaybar the army of Muhammad is returning&quot;. They mean Zionists tho&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSCupdates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PSCupdates<\/a> are they your banners they&#39;re holding? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mishtal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mishtal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PuMaZEomEk\">pic.twitter.com\/PuMaZEomEk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Harry&#39;s Place (@hurryupharry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hurryupharry\/status\/939253702497628161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pro-Palestinian protestors shouting antisemitic rhetoric: &#8220;Khaybar Khaybar, ya yahud, Jaish Muhammad, sa yahud&#8221; (&#8220;Jews, remember Khaybar the army of Muhammad is returning&#8221;), London (May, 2021).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">6. Do not state that Muslims should leave Palestine because they have the whole of the rest of the Middle East or that Israeli Jews should \u2018go back to where they came from\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">7. Israel is not a conspiracy to take over the Middle East or the World, and Palestine is not a conspiracy to enforce a Caliphate on Israel\/Europe\/the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">These are two national identities <strong>who both want to exist on the same piece of land<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">8. Israel is not Nazi Germany. Palestine is not Daesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">9. Israelis and Palestinians are <strong>human beings<\/strong>, celebrating their suffering and death is not acceptable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">10. <strong>Be sensitive<\/strong> towards people who are pro-Israel or pro-Palestine at this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">They may have friends\/family involved in the situation, or Israel\/Palestine may represent something important to them such as their own sense of struggle or a place of safety in times of persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Solidarity with one side or the other is not a crime, they can be pro-Israel\/pro-Palestine and still be<strong> pro-solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">If you want any advice,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:team@solutionsnotsides.co.uk\">contact us at Solutions Not Sides<\/a>. If you&#8217;re a teacher or school leader and want to know more about discussing this issue with your students, you can find out more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsnotsides.co.uk\/our-work\/schools\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#ff9800;\"><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">This blog was written and first published by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsnotsides.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/avoiding-antisemitic-islamophobic-hate-speech\">Solutions Not Sides<\/a><\/strong> (May 2021). Tweet was later added by Voice of Salam (May 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"24878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/93418572_3184418801577254_6716749262287273984_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/93418572_3184418801577254_6716749262287273984_n.png\" data-orig-size=\"1428,1428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"93418572_3184418801577254_6716749262287273984_n\" data-image-description=\"\" 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\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Solutions Not Sides<\/strong> is an education programme that exists to provide humanising encounters, diverse narratives and critical-thinking tools in order to empower young people with the knowledge, empathy and skills to promote dialogue and conflict resolution, and to challenge prejudice in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size\" style=\"color:#ff9800;\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The views expressed in this blog are solely the author\u2019s and do not necessarily reflect those of Voice of Salam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"22522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/2018\/11\/25\/it-never-ends-with-the-jews-worlds-oldest-form-of-hatred\/20-offpurplebouquets-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"385,139\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20% offPurpleBouquets\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=385\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=385\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg 385w, https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/voiceofsalam.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/20-offpurplebouquets.jpg?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofsalam.com\/2021\/05\/16\/israel-palestine-avoiding-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-hate-speech\/\">Voice of Salam<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solutions Not Sides explain how to talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without using derogatory terms or engaging in hate 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