Jewish people gather to stage a protest against the compulsory military service in West Jerusalem on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Charisse Zeifert and Adam Charnas’s response to my commentary in the Mail & Guardian is a perfect illustration of how antisemitism charges are weaponised to defend a political programme of Zionism.
First, there is no logic to their arguments. The reason they believe that you can’t be Jewish without being a Zionist (“the essence of the Jewish people”) is simply because they…
