Umthombo: FAIR
Uke wezwa izindaba? Ophambili kumongameli wedemokhrasi uBernie Sanders akafuni ukukholwa. Yebo, yebo, ungumJuda, futhi une umlando omude wokulwa nokucwasa—kodwa lokho akunandaba.
Ihamba kanjalo indaba emithonjeni yezindaba eminingana evelele, emsola ngokuhola “umkhankaso [womkhankaso] omelene kakhulu namashumi eminyaka” (Washington Examiner, 12/13/19). Nakuba engakwazi ukukhomba izenzo noma amazwi kaSanders, abezindaba kazwelonke bamhlobanise nenzondo yamaJuda ngokuhlasela labo abamzungezile. Kuwo wonke u-2019, ngokwesibonelo, umsekeli we-Sanders Rep. Ilhan Omar wayekhona ihlale ilebula i-antisemitic kuyo yonke imithombo yezindaba mayelana nokuphawula kwakhe akwenzile mayelana nomthelela ongafanele weqembu lokunxenxa i-US/Israel i-AIPAC kwezombusazwe zaseMelika (isb, New York Times, 3/7/19; Wall Street Journal, 7/12/19; Washington Post, 8/20/19).
Fox News (1/9/20) uthe uSanders uzoba umongameli "omelene no-Israyeli" kunabo bonke owake waba khona, ehlanganisa ukugxekwa kuka-Israyeli kanye/noma nokuphatha kukaNetanyahu nokungahambisani namaJuda:
Kuyichilo ukuthi esikhundleni sokuthatha isinyathelo, esikhundleni sokuthatha leli thuba ukuguqula imiqondo yabantu mayelana nezingozi zokungahambisani nomthetho, uSanders uvumela futhi uvumele inkulumo ephikisana neZiyonist yesisekelo sakhe.
The Buyekeza National (12/17/19) lathi “izici ezimbi” zomkhankaso kaBernie, “okwakuvele kujwayelekile ukuphikisa amaJuda,” “kwakushaqisa.” Ukuphawula (12/13/19) wavuma, ethi uSanders “wayebekezelela” abalandeli bakhe “izenzo zokulunga” ezimelene namaJuda. Kwesinye isikhathi, izitolo ezigcina imithetho zazibonakala zizama ukuphindaphinda impumelelo abezindaba baseBrithani ababenayo ekufakeni itiyela umholi Wezabasebenzi uJeremy Corbyn njenge-antisemite — i-smear ebambe iqhaza ekulahlekelweni kwakhe okuwujuqu ngo-2019.FAIR.org, 12/21/19).
I-antisemitism iyanda ngempela e-United States; isibalo sezigameko eziqoshwe yi-Anti-Defamation League sesisondele sonke isikhathi esiphezulu. Ngo-Okthoba 2018 umdubuli omelene nezifiki ehlaselwa Lokhu iSinagogi Sesihlahla Sokuphila ePittsburgh, kwashona abangu-11. Ngo-Ephreli phakathi nePhasika, umshisekeli wezwe elimhlophe uvule umlilo eSinagogi sasePoway eduze kwaseSan Diego. Futhi ngenyanga edlule, umhlaseli kugwazwe abantu abahlanu abagubha i-Hanukkah eMonsey, eNew York. Iningi lodlame olubi kakhulu lwenziwe ngabasekeli, okwathi ngo-2017, bahola iqembu. kwaziwe kahle eCharlottesville, eVirginia ecula, “amaJuda ngeke athathe indawo yethu”—futhi ngemva kwalokho uMongameli uDonald Trump kuchazwe abamashi “njengabantu abahle kakhulu.”
UTrump uvame ukuvusa ama-antisemitic njengezinsolo zokwethembeka okubili, etshela amaJuda aseMelika ukuthi uNetanyahu "wayengundunankulu wakho" kanye no-Israyeli ".izwe lakho,” futhi ichaza amaJuda avotela iDemocrat ngokuthi “abangathembekile” e-US nase-Israel.
Trump, owake wagcizelela ukuthi wayefuna kuphela "abafana abafushane abagqoke ama-yarmulkes" ukubala imali yakhe, uye wasebenzisa kaningi umbono wokuthi amaJuda anesithakazelo emalini kuphela. Ngo-2015, watshela iqembu lamaRiphabhulikhi angamaJuda (I-Political Clear Clear, 12/3/15), “Ngeke ungondle ngoba angifuni imali yakho…. Ufuna ukulawula osopolitiki bakho.” Ukuhambisana nokwedelela kwamaJuda njengabaphathi bopopayi, uTrump waphonsa umbono wamaJuda njengabadayisi abaxakile:
Ingabe ukhona kuleli gumbi ongaxoxi kabusha ngamadili? Mhlawumbe u-99% wakho. Mhlawumbe ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi igumbi engake ngakhuluma kulo…. Ngingumxoxi, njengani bakwethu.
Ngenyanga edlule (CNN, 12/9/19), uTrump watshela izethameli eziningi ezingamaJuda eNgqungqutheleni Kazwelonke Yakwa-Israeli American American ukuthi “babengababulali abanonya, ababona abantu abalungile nhlobo”—ngoba “iningi lenu likwibhizinisi lokuthengisa izindlu.” Kodwa, wanezela, “kufanele ningivotele, aninakuzikhethela,” esho, ngoba “aniyikuvotela intela yengcebo”—okusho ukuthi amaJuda akhathalela ingcebo yawo kuphela: “Nina; nizoba abalandeli bami abakhulu ngoba nizobe ningasebenzi emizuzwini eyi-15 uma beyithola.”
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Ngenkathi abezindaba beveza ukukhathazeka mayelana nokusetshenziswa kwezintambo ze-antisemitic ngakwesobunxele, babonakala benganakile ukuthi izingxoxo zabo zomkhankaso wakwaSanders zingase zibavuse. Esinye isifaniso esivela kaningi kumaphrofayili akwaSanders sihlobanisa isigele saseVermont neTestamente Elidala, lokho amaKristu akubiza ngokuthi imibhalo engcwele yamaJuda. I Washington Post (8/29/19) wathi uSanders “ukwaneliseka ukuduma kubenzi bokubi njengomprofethi weTestamente Elidala,” kuyilapho u- New York Times (8/2/19) wamchaza “njengonamehlo angalawuleki, onolaka futhi othukuthele njengomprofethi weTestamente Elidala ohlangothini olubi lokubikezela.” I Detroit News (7/30/19) wabhala ukuthi uSanders “ubonakala engumprofethi wenhlekelele weTestamente Elidala, umshisekeli omemeza entabeni enganyakazi.”
Ngesizathu esithile, lesi singathekiso sifika ezingqondweni zenani elikhulu lezintatheli ezikhuluma ngamaSanders: isb. Washington Post, 9/24/19; weNewsday, 9/17/19; London Independent, 1/24/16; New Yorker, 10/5/15; I-Bulwark, 1/8/20). I New Yorker (10/19/19) wabhala ukuthi iphimbo likaBernie “lilingana nezingxenye ezilinganayo zikamkhulu waseBrooklyn nomshumayeli weTestamente Elidala,” okwazi ukuhlanganisa imibono emibili engelona iqiniso emushweni owodwa.
Imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi nayo yenze ezinye izinqumo eziyingcaca ezingabazekayo ngenkathi ixoxa noSanders. Abadwebi bopopayi abaningi bakhethe ukwenza ikhala elixhunywe—okugqame emibonweni emelene nobuJuda, engagqami kangako ebusweni bangempela bukaSanders—uphawu lwemifanekiso yabo yomuntu oqokiwe.
Izitolo eziningi zifake izithombe ezifana nememe "yomthengisi ojabulayo", okujwayelekile isithombe se-alt-kwesokudla elahlwe yibo bobabili Isikhungo Somthetho Sobuphofu SaseNingizimu futhi I-Anti-Defamation League njengophawu lwenzondo futhi ichazwe ngu Izindaba ze-Buzzfeed (2/5/15) “njengesithombe esiyintandokazi se-inthanethi se-antisemitic.”
Ezindabeni zokuthi umkhankaso wakhe ungenise imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-34 zamarandi engxenyeni yesine ka-2019, i- Huffington Post (1/2/20) kanye a inombolo of I-NPR abasebenzisana nabo banqume ukufanekisa izindaba zabo ngesithombe sikaSanders ehlikihla izandla zakhe futhi emamatheka. Uma kwenzeka ucabanga ukuthi uphawu lwenzeka ngephutha, i Washington Post (1/2/20) yahlanganisa indaba efanayo ngomJuda owaqongelela ingcebo enkulu nge ezahlukene isithombe sikaSanders ehlikihla izandla zakhe ngesitayela somthengisi ojabulayo, esishintsha kuphela ngemva kwe- ukukhala komphakathi.
Umkhuba awugcini kumaSanders, nokho. Endabeni yelungu lengqungquthela yaseNew York kanye nomlandeli wakwaSanders u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edalula izizukulwane zamaJuda ezikude emcimbini weHanukkah, bobabili. USA Today (12/11/18) futhi Fox News (12/12/18) wasebenzisa isithombe sakhe ehlanganisa izandla zakhe ngendlela efana nekaSanders.
U-Ocasio-Cortez uke wabiza abezindaba mayelana nokuvezwa kwe-antisemitic ngaphambilini. Wathatha I-Politico (5/24/19) ukusebenza Twitter (5/25/19) ukuthwebula izihlahla zemali esithombeni sikaSanders. Isihloko esasinomfanekiso sasinesihloko esithi “Imfihlo Yezigidi ZikaBernie,” I-Politico esethula ngala mazwi: “USanders usengaba ishibhile, kodwa uqinisekile ukuthi akampofu.” Sawubona! Kungani inja yami ikhonkotha kungazelelwe?!
Imithombo yezindaba ezwela kakhulu e-antisemitism kangangokuthi ikwazi ukubona igama elithi "bedbug" njenge-trope emelene namaJuda (njengoba New York Times' Bret Stephens wenza) ayikwazi ukusho ukungazi nakancane ikhwelo lenja elwa nama-antisemitic elishaywayo ngokuphathelene no-Sanders.
Imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi nayo idlale indima yayo ekuguquleni imibono ekude kwesokudla, inikeze ukuvezwa okucwebezelayo kwama-fascists aseMelika (FAIR.org, 11/23/16, 11/1/19). Ngempela, umbhali we Washington Examiner I-athikili ecashunwe ekuqaleni kwalesi sihloko, ekhathazekile ngokuthi uSanders uza nenkathi ye-antisemitism, naye ungumngane we-antisemitic troll u-Milo Yiannopoulos, ambiza ngokuthi "awesome, ”Kanye no njalo uyaqhosha ngokuziqhenya kwakhe ngomkhulu wakhe ongumhlanganyeli wamaNazi, inhlangano yakhe eyahlanganyela ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe okwabulala izihlobo eziseduze zikaSanders.
Izisusa zabezindaba zibonakala zingahlangene nokukhathazeka kwangempela mayelana nemizwa emelene namaJuda kanye nokunye okuningi mayelana nokuhlambalaza izikhali ngokumelene nomkhankaso oqhubekayo othatha amandla abantu abacebile—nabathanda ukuvuma izono eziningi—abangabanikazi nabalawula amaphephandaba ezinkampani. Uma abezindaba befisa ukuxoxa ngokungathí sina ngokunyuka kwangempela kwe-antisemitism, kufanele baqale ngokuzibheka bona.
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