The International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism convened earlier this month in In Malmö, Sweden. According to the Swedish government, “The programme focused on four main themes: Holocaust remembrance; Holocaust education; Antisemitism on social media platforms; and Combating antisemitism and other forms of racism in all spheres of life.” While the forum served as an important call to combat antisemitism in Europe and beyond, human rights advocates warn that the European Union is creeping dangerously close to criminalizing the speech of any who speak out against Israel’s settler-colonial and apartheid violence against Palestinians by conflating Judaism with Zionism and critiques of Zionism with antisemitism.

In this interview, recorded from the Netherlands, TRNN contributor David Kattenburg speaks with Ronnie Barkan and Dr. Anne de Jong about the deeply troubling effort to stifle critiques of Israel and the chilling repercussions it could have in Europe and beyond. Anne de Jong is a member of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam with a regional expertise on the Middle East (Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Bahrain); she was also an organizing member and participant in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Ronnie Barkan is an Israeli activist, a conscientious objector, and co-founder ofBoycott From Within—a group of Israelis who support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS).

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20 thoughts on “Israel’s influence in Europe could lead to criminalization of critiques of Zionism”
  1. The people claiming to be the jews are fake. Revelations chap 2 9. The real Jews are the blacks, Mexicans, Filipinos and native Americans and other people Latin people.

  2. Before there can be any progress, West Bank and (especially) Gaza need to have a stable democratic government that has the power to maintain peace and stability.

  3. The German government still suffers the effects of its country's history and therefore turns a blind eye towards the atrocities committed by Zionist Israel. The irony is that the German government repeats its own history of ethic cleansing and genocide by tolerating Zionist Israel's similar crimes in the occupied territories and Gaza. So, German Bundestag, what about Never Again?

  4. Everyone should be supporting activists like Ronnie, with hard currency. He is a vital element of defeating the racist Zionist ideology from within Israeli society. He is cool.

  5. Allah promised Israel to the Jews. So says Sheikh Ahmad Adwan, a Muslim scholar living in Jordan who recently said on his Facebook page that "Palestine" does not exist.

    The Blogger "The Elders of Zion" translated this news from an Arabic source which reported, this Saturday, the statements of Sheikh Ahwad Adwan, in which he affirms that the Koran says that Allah attributed Israel to the Jews, and that the Jews are the heirs of Israel (sura 26 verse 59).

    "I say to those who distort … the Koran: From where did you bring the name of Palestine, you liars, you cursed, when Allah had already named it the Holy Land and bequeathed it to the children. Israel, argued Sheikh Ahwad Adwan. "There is no such thing as 'Palestine' in the Qur'an."

    Your demand for the Land of Israel is a lie and constitutes an attack on the Quran, on the Jews and their land. Therefore, you will not succeed, and Allah will forsake you and humiliate you, for Allah is the one who will protect them (the Jews), ”warns Adwan.

    The sheikh spoke much harsher words to the "Palestinians", calling them "killers of children, the elderly and women" using them as human shields to falsely accuse the Jews of targeting them. He reports seeing the same tactics used by the "Palestinians" against the Jordanian army in the 1970s.

    "This is their habit and their custom, their wickedness; They have hearts of stone towards their children, and in their lies to public opinion, in order to gain their support, ”Adwan said.

    Adwan has previously proclaimed that his support for the Jewish people “stems from my recognition of their sovereignty over their lands and my belief in the Qur'an, which has told us and pointed out this in many places, as His (Allah) says: "Oh People (that is, the Children of Israel), enter the Holy Land that Allah has assigned to you." (sura 5, verse 21).

    The Jews are a peaceful people, according to Adwan, who declares that "if they are attacked, they will defend themselves while causing the least possible damage to the attackers. It is an honor for them that Allah has chosen them from among the worlds, meaning among the peoples and the jinn (spiritual creatures) until the Day of Judgment…. When Allah chose them, He did not do it out of politeness, and He did not do unfairness to other people, it is just that they (Jews) deserved it. "

  6. We don't need accreditations or degrees to know what is god given right or wrong and Israel is wrong and has been since it's existence.

  7. Zyonizm has had monstrous effects upon the West, going back to at least 1915. This video is over 100 years too late.

  8. it just proves the long ago quote by Voltaire ** If you want to know who is ruling over you find out whom you cannot criticize**

  9. There's a big difference between anti-Jewish and not agreeing with Isreals invasions into other nations

  10. I find it harder and harder not to hate all the scum nowadays that's trying to control who and what I'm supposed to like and dislike. GO COVID!!!

  11. AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT Book brings together meticulously sourced evidence to illuminate a reality that differs starkly from the prevailing narrative. It provides a clear view of the history that is key to understanding one of the most critically important political issues of our day.

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