Abdual El-Sayed’s ‘genocide’ charge revives the oldest antisemitic libel - opinion
The “genocide” charge against Israel is not just semantics, but a serious accusation with consequences for Jews worldwide.
On the Raging Moderates podcast, Scott Galloway presented the argument for Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic Senate hopeful. He compared Israel's actions in Gaza to those of genocidal regimes, highlighting their distribution of polio vaccinations, food aid, evacuation routes, leaflets, and warnings about Hamas using buildings as military targets.
El-Sayed's response to the term "genocide" was seen as a confession: its purpose isn't to wait until the crime becomes severe enough to be considered genocide, but to name the injustice before it escalates. He argued that the charge doesn't need to be accurate, merely useful. El-Sayed mixes the timing of stopping genocide with the requirements for proving it, which is more akin to libel than genocide.
Clips disseminated on progressive and anti-Israel platforms since October 2023 emphasized the importance of the word "genocide" over semantics, claiming that more than 70,000 are dead and urging the cessation of killing. However, this perspective fails to consider the source of these deaths, the motives behind the accusations, and the historical context of antisemitic propaganda.
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