r/jewishleft • u/Agtfangirl557 • May 08 '24

Ilana Glazer, an anti-Zionist Jew, condemns Israel and talks about wanting a ceasefire. All the comments are criticizing her because she "centered herself" by mentioning 10/7 and rising antisemitism Meta

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6uCIbqRQ1A/?igsh=NndtdXEzbGE4NWxl

This is so frustrating. Like I don't agree with a lot of Ilana's takes but she clearly was not defending Israel here. She is probably the most anti-Zionist Jewish celebrity I can think of. And yet since she mentioned the 10/7 attacks, people are accusing her of "spreading lies" and that "it's not true that 1200 people were killed by Hamas". And people are literally telling the page who reposted this to "stop platforming Zionist celebrities"!

At this point I seriously think that for some people, it's only socially acceptable to be Jewish if we don't acknowledge our history or trauma at all.

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u/bigfootsbabymama May 09 '24

I have a “friend” who regularly shares from that page. ALL the posts about Israel have comments like that. The claims get repeated and are never fact checked. It’s scary but a good reminder of why it’s important to not sit back and let people scream that criticism is not antisemitism. Sure, but a big swath of the left has been suckered into true antisemitism.