Anti-Semites All Over Campus: How the College Left Has Gotten Israel All Wrong, Part 2
The Needed History Lesson That Debunks The Absurdities About Israel
Israel, Israelis, and their supporters have been labeled as the following: “occupiers”, “settlers”, “ethnic cleansers”, “colonizers”, and whatever negative connotation the anti-semites on the Left deem them to be. Not only are all of these labels incorrect, but they are absolutely absurd.
On the subject of “occupations”, related to the claim of Israel being an “occupier” – another label that Israel and Jews have been forced to wear – there is indeed an Israeli occupation of the West Bank. An occupation akin to how the United States occupied Nazi Germany and Japan following World War II until the hostile regimes surrendered and relinquished their arms. The terrorists within the West Bank have not fully surrendered; therefore, military occupation is permissible under international law. Furthermore, the Jews did not “occupy” or “colonize” anyone. In fact, the Jews were occupied, colonized, and displaced by everyone – the Romans, the Babylonians, the Byzantines, the Ottomans, and the Arabs during the Great Arab Conquest of the 7th century which resulted in virtually no Jews remaining. Also, the Jews have resided in the land of Israel since 1200 B.C. – a thousand years before a single Muslim ever walked the earth – so if it is really about who got there first, it’s not even close.
Additionally, the Israeli settlements do not come close to satisfying the South African standard of apartheid. Moreover, even if the South African standard for “apartheid” did not exist, Israel’s actions still do not satisfy what the word, “apartheid”, historically and traditionally means. There are nine Sharia Courts (or Islamic Courts of Israel) in the State of Israel. Khaled Kabub, a Muslim, is a member of the justices on the Supreme Court of Israel. Also, 21% of Israel’s population is Arab – whom they treat better than most Arab countries treat their own Arab citizens. Furthermore, the Arabs living in Israel can vote. With all this being said, if Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians, they seem to be going about it all the wrong way.
Regarding Israel being an “ethnic cleanser”, Israel has clearly not been trying to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians over the last 75 years. This is an unsophisticated and vacuous assertion given that the Palestinian population has increased from 700,000, in 1948, to 7 million, today. Therefore, either Israel is the absolu