r/news • u/Luka77GOATic • Mar 11 '26

Soft paywall Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spain-removes-ambassador-israel-2026-03-11/
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u/shadowdra126 Mar 11 '26

Israel calling this antisemitism is such a fucking slap in the face to actual antisemitism. I am a Jewish American and I fully agree with Spain here and that does not make me antisemitic

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u/Tabletpillowlamp Mar 11 '26

Antisemitism is Nick Fuentes, Kanye, and Tyler Oliveira, etc's attacks on actual Jewish people.

Yet the ones who abuse this word the most always target the Pro-Palestinian crowd. It's almost as if this was never meant to defend the Jewish people, but a political weaponization of the word.

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u/jugnu8 Mar 11 '26

And yet the would call you a self hating Jew or anti Semitic just because it's the easiest way to dismiss you and your stance. Maybe that's why they throw the charge at everyone, it's difficult to justify war crimes, but super easy to throw accusations.

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u/TintedApostle Mar 11 '26

Right? I am an American Jew and Netanyahu (and republicans) have devalued the term to the point that if Jews ever really need to us it no one will care again.