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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It’s interesting how flippant people are in throwing around the term “anti-semitic” or making accusations of terrorist-influence in people’s opinions, but as soon as the source is actually Jewish and a foremost expert in the field, the tone changes or it’s completely ignored.
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No it doesn’t. I completely disagree with his assertion, being Jewish in this context does not mean anything and he has been challenged by other Holocaust academics. I also then provided another piece written by another professor who specializes in Studies on Genocide.
“Polly Zavadivker, an assistant professor of history at the University of Delaware, told me that Segal’s statements on genocide “threaten future attempts to identify, prevent, and prosecute that crime. It is equally damaging to the legitimacy of Holocaust and Genocide Studies as a field when such false claims are presented in the guise of scholarly expertise.”
Zavadivker, who teaches courses in antisemitism, the Holocaust, and comparative genocide, said that an accusation that Israel is committing genocide “renders the word meaningless”
https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-771634