Let’s stop using the terms ‘fascism’ and ‘democracy’ from now on

#Israel #fascisme #Palestin #éducation

Let’s stop using the terms ‘fascism’ and ‘democracy’ from now on | +972 Magazine
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There are many words that have a tighter link to Israeli political culture and to the Israeli experience which we should be using when we want to communicate political messages, even negative ones. (...)

(...) discrimination, violence, racism (...) cannot be reduced to an attack exclusively against the political Right; they carry a broader political and social significance than that. (Perhaps this is precisely why people prefer to shout “fascists,” as it suggests that the target is right wing.)

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The word “democracy” is problematic in yet another way. The call to “defend democracy” assumes there is something to defend, and that this something is in danger. This observation is entirely unique to the Zionist Left . The Palestinians in the occupied territories can hardly be expected to feel that there is a democracy worth defending here. Palestinians citizens might have their doubts too. (As MK Ahmed Tibi memorably put it: “Israel is Jewish and democratic. Democratic for the Jews and Jewish for everyone else.”)

#insupportable #gauche_sioniste