Genuine question: if its tokenism to focus on anti-Zionist Jews, isn't it also tokenism to focus on Palestinians that want peace with Israel?
We're talking about this post.
Tokenism depends on how the voice is used, Anon.
Antizionist Jews are typically used by non-Jews to launder anti-Israel rhetoric, presenting that rhetoric as Jewish while it contradicts the vast majority of Jewish perspectives. A Jewish antizionist is generally elevated to say: "See? Even Jews agree Israel shouldn’t exist."
This cherry-picks a fringe dissenting voice in order to erase the majority. It is fundamentally dishonest.
Antizionist Jews are cited by activists to delegitimize Israel's existence. Such people are a fringe minority who reject as illegitimate mainstream Jewish identity in which about 90% of Jews are Zionists...but they are dishonestly presented as if a majority...or at least as a very large minority. They're not.
A Palestinian who wants peace is usually elevated to say: "See? Not all Palestinians support terrorism or permanent war."
That's not erasing anything. It pushes back on a negative stereotype and rightly humanizes Palestinians as more than bloodthirsty Jew-haters.
Palestinians who want peace are not rejecting Palestinian identity, they're advocating for coexistence or compromise. Rather than dissenting from their people's survival, they're dissenting from violent strategy or maximalist rhetoric.
So the roles are not alike
One is used to undermine Jewish self-determination.
The other is used to highlight the human cost of endless conflict and offer a way out.
Tokenism is when a minority voice is cynically weaponized to invalidate or erase the majority.
That's what happens with antizionist Jews.
Palestinians who want peace aren't being used to erase Palestinians. They're being lifted up to say: "Another future is possible."
That's why I like to Amplify Palestinian Voices.
