I was about to dismiss the notion based on the Protocols hoax predating zionism, but having looked it up, the hoax is from 1903 and the origins of zionism are in the late 1800s. Hmm 🤔
Speculation aside, though, there’s no doubt that Hasbarists LOVE taking even the slightest similarity to actual antisemitic tropes in anti-zionist messaging and conflating the hell out of that shit to further their gaslighting.
Of course, it doesn’t help that a lot of the most disgusting antisemitic tropes are about nefarious rich Jews conspiring to exert undue influence and a lot of the activities of the likes of AIPAC and ADL are doing almost 1:1 real life versions of those things.
Helps to remember that there’s a lot more Christian zionists than Jewish ones in total and in the US in particular, though.
It feels really convenient for them. Maybe that’s a conspiracy theory in and of itself.
I would argue that even for antisemitic conspiracy theories that form organically, that they would work to keep them alive so they can point to them to deflect criticism of Zionism and claim it’s all antisemitism.
I was about to dismiss the notion based on the Protocols hoax predating zionism, but having looked it up, the hoax is from 1903 and the origins of zionism are in the late 1800s. Hmm 🤔
Speculation aside, though, there’s no doubt that Hasbarists LOVE taking even the slightest similarity to actual antisemitic tropes in anti-zionist messaging and conflating the hell out of that shit to further their gaslighting.
Of course, it doesn’t help that a lot of the most disgusting antisemitic tropes are about nefarious rich Jews conspiring to exert undue influence and a lot of the activities of the likes of AIPAC and ADL are doing almost 1:1 real life versions of those things.
Helps to remember that there’s a lot more Christian zionists than Jewish ones in total and in the US in particular, though.
It feels really convenient for them. Maybe that’s a conspiracy theory in and of itself.
I would argue that even for antisemitic conspiracy theories that form organically, that they would work to keep them alive so they can point to them to deflect criticism of Zionism and claim it’s all antisemitism.