Radical chic (and its classless subset Terrorist Chic) has been around ever since students stuck Che Guevara and Black Panthers posters on their bedroom walls.
Zineb, your article is built on the flawed premise that Islamic Jihadism has always been the sole motivation and justification for Palestinian activism and militancy, including terrorism, and that Israeli occupation and expansion is the only natural response to that Jihadism.
Some of us are sufficiently long in the tooth to remember that the first configurations of the PFLP and the PLO coalition in the 1950s and 60s were socialist revolutionary groups founded by Christian Arabs such as George Habash, and were aligned with the Yemeni PFLY and Omani PFLO.
Not a Jihadi in sight, and no hint of Jihadi ideology inspired or justified by Islam.
When Leila Khaled (who, incidentally, made wearing the keffiyeh ultra-chic) with Patrick Argüello (a Nicaraguan-American) and others hijacked the four passenger jets in 1970 to Dawson's Field in Jordan, all the passengers were released unharmed, including a group of Jewish passengers, even though the four jets were blown up.
Not a single cry of Allahu Akbar was heard.
Your reduction of the Palestine issue to plucky, "successful" Israel combating bug-eyed, bearded Jihadi fanatics suggests that there are serious gaps in your historical knowledge, and makes this article look distinctly amateurish. Any challenge to this "consensus" as you call it is immediately branded antisemitic, not because it is actually antisemitic, but simply because it challenges the supposed consensus.
The Embinders of this era, like the Radical Chic of Wolfe’s, are the Johnny-come-latelys. Say what you will of Roger Waters, but he expressed his loathsome views *well* before they were popular.
You might even say that this has been a revolution brought about by soft power ;-)
Generally speaking out against a community is brave. With qualifications. What Jewish community is she a part of? My guess is none. And if it’s Jewish voice for peace she’s preaching to the choir. But you hit the nail on the head. She’s basking in conformity within Hollywood. She’s signaling her status that she agrees with them. She’s not bucking any community bc she doesn’t belong to the community she’s claiming to buck. It’s in name only. Even though speaking out against a community is generally brave it isn’t always right. Sometimes it’s downright awful. But yes it should be pointed out what a farce that claim is in this case.
This Article reminds me of when I went back to college when I turned 50 (2014), I noticed that it was "chic" to have a disbelief in God, that somehow a person's disbelief was a sign that you were an intelligent person, it was packaged and sold that way, ingenous lie!
Psalm 14:1 Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." The Complete Jewish Bible
I agree, also they feel safe as they think the jihadi won't attack because of their support and the west or Israel won't attack because they are civilised people
I just emailed a link to my anti-Zionist Jewish cousin with the subject line: "Hey, dId you see this article, it's about you."
Radical chic (and its classless subset Terrorist Chic) has been around ever since students stuck Che Guevara and Black Panthers posters on their bedroom walls.
Zineb, your article is built on the flawed premise that Islamic Jihadism has always been the sole motivation and justification for Palestinian activism and militancy, including terrorism, and that Israeli occupation and expansion is the only natural response to that Jihadism.
Some of us are sufficiently long in the tooth to remember that the first configurations of the PFLP and the PLO coalition in the 1950s and 60s were socialist revolutionary groups founded by Christian Arabs such as George Habash, and were aligned with the Yemeni PFLY and Omani PFLO.
Not a Jihadi in sight, and no hint of Jihadi ideology inspired or justified by Islam.
When Leila Khaled (who, incidentally, made wearing the keffiyeh ultra-chic) with Patrick Argüello (a Nicaraguan-American) and others hijacked the four passenger jets in 1970 to Dawson's Field in Jordan, all the passengers were released unharmed, including a group of Jewish passengers, even though the four jets were blown up.
Not a single cry of Allahu Akbar was heard.
Your reduction of the Palestine issue to plucky, "successful" Israel combating bug-eyed, bearded Jihadi fanatics suggests that there are serious gaps in your historical knowledge, and makes this article look distinctly amateurish. Any challenge to this "consensus" as you call it is immediately branded antisemitic, not because it is actually antisemitic, but simply because it challenges the supposed consensus.
The Embinders of this era, like the Radical Chic of Wolfe’s, are the Johnny-come-latelys. Say what you will of Roger Waters, but he expressed his loathsome views *well* before they were popular.
You might even say that this has been a revolution brought about by soft power ;-)
Generally speaking out against a community is brave. With qualifications. What Jewish community is she a part of? My guess is none. And if it’s Jewish voice for peace she’s preaching to the choir. But you hit the nail on the head. She’s basking in conformity within Hollywood. She’s signaling her status that she agrees with them. She’s not bucking any community bc she doesn’t belong to the community she’s claiming to buck. It’s in name only. Even though speaking out against a community is generally brave it isn’t always right. Sometimes it’s downright awful. But yes it should be pointed out what a farce that claim is in this case.
This Article reminds me of when I went back to college when I turned 50 (2014), I noticed that it was "chic" to have a disbelief in God, that somehow a person's disbelief was a sign that you were an intelligent person, it was packaged and sold that way, ingenous lie!
Psalm 14:1 Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." The Complete Jewish Bible
Great Article Zineb, keep them coming!
Spot on!
This was an exceptionally vivid description of this rad chic posturing...
I agree, also they feel safe as they think the jihadi won't attack because of their support and the west or Israel won't attack because they are civilised people