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British and American politicians consistently disregard the supremacy of international humanitarian law with regards to the targeting of civilians, and redirect to Israel’s right to defend itself, so Palestinian civilians are no longer really civilians—and inevitably, dehumanized.

in the U.K. and the U.S., anti-semitism has been more or less stamped out of acceptable discourse from our nation’s politicians and opinion. But anti-Arab bigotry and Islamophobia does not attract the same kind of vehement opposition

There is a clear connection between the rhetoric we see, and the policies we uphold. International humanitarian law applies to human beings; when such human beings are dehumanized, as Israeli and Palestinian civilians have been, it is a precursor to their being treated inhumanely. Collective punishment of the Palestinians in Gaza is thus seen as legitimate, including the cutting off of electricity, food, and fuel into Gaza.

There is no set of credentials that can prevent a person who is earnestly trying to do work in this space from getting sucked into the politicization and, yes, weaponization of antisemitism

when fact and understanding and nuance of the issue are all considered secondary, what gets sacrificed isn’t just an individual’s career or standing or time, but comprehension of the actual issue that is antisemitism.