Sprache:
Französisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Cahiers Bernard Lazare
Angaben zur Quelle:
326 (2011) 10-14
Schlagwort(e):
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism in language
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Antisemitism
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Jewish-Arab relations
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
Kurzfassung:
Discusses the ambiguities inherent in the word "antisemitism" and, with a focus on France, its postwar appropriation for use against the Jews. Coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879, the term confused linguistic categories and ethnic identity. After the Holocaust, antisemitism became a semantic taboo; French antisemites chose to call the Jews "Israelites" and the socialist block cloaked its anti-Judaism in anti-Zionism. Since the Six Day War, pro-Palestinian activists have begun to respond to charges of antisemism by arguing that they cannot be antisemites, since they defend the Palestinians, who are "Semites" themselves. This type of denial of antisemitism is often accompanied by a denial of the legitimacy of the State of Israel and of Jewish identity. The Jews are claimed to be descendants of the Khazars, and non-Semitic people. The majority of the Christian Palestinians, on the other hand, are claimed to be of Jewish origin, like many Christian Palestinian converts to Islam. The word "antisemitism" is finally turned against the Jews by arguing that Jews are the real antisemites, who persecute Arabs. In France the Arabs have appropriated the status of the victim, previously held by the Jews due to the Shoah. Concludes that this process will ultimately lead to the Jews' status as French citizens being put into question.
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