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“those who question israel, who question what has been done with the moral badge of the holocaust, are often pointed in the direction of the great evils done throughout the world. we are told it is suspicious that among all the ostensibly amoral states we would single out israel, as though the relationship between us and israel is not itself singular.”

coates is so incredible this is one of the best explanations of how exactly zionism = racism/colonialism/violence/theocratic state building and the deep insidious roots of weaponizing antisemitism

“the wars against the palestinians and their arab allies were a kind of theater in which “weak jews” were supplanted by israelis who would “fight back.” thus a redemption of a different kind was affected. (…) jewish national honor was restored in the traditional manner of western powers. the mass mutation into whiteness was advanced”