Beskrivelse
Since the beginning of the «War on Terror,» Israel has become increasingly salient to imperial strategy and ever more aggressive in its policies toward the Palestinians. In this context, a key ideological weapon is the cynical accusation of «anti-Semitism.» For historical reasons, this has been deployed most forcefully in France, and Alain Badiou and Eric Hazan caustically demolish the «anti-Semitism is everywhere» allegation, used to bludgeon opponents of the Israeli state and those who stand in solidarity with the banlieue youth. Ivan Segre undertakes a meticulous deconstruction of a rampant «reactionary philo-Semitism» that identifies Jewish interests with the «democratic West.» Segre’s concern is to uphold a universalist position and to defend Jewish tradition from Zionist ideological distortion.
