Guy Bar-Lavi
@guybarlavi
Fmr @IsraelPolicy4M @perescenter @Partners4Israel @bluewhitefuture • Poli Sci PhD candidate @asu_spgs• Cat Dad • @BrandeisU and @fletcherschool alum
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24-05-2015 21:16:33
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2 decades ago, David Hirsh coined the term "The Livingstone Formulation" to describe a notorious technique to gaslight those calling out antisemitism. I believe we now have an updated, refined version harnessed by a politician for a new generation. Meet The Polanski Principle.
Statements like that of Dr. Adam Hamawy regarding Iron Dome should be disqualifying and would be in any sane political environment. Saying a country developing defense to rockets bombarding them for decades makes them more aggressive is projection of his own cynicism and bigotry.
💥More, from Barak Ravid, on Israel's media environment when he awoke yesterday to the news that there had been a #Jan6 at Israel's Supreme Court. 💡I woke up this morning in Washington and read Israeli media reports about the violent attempt to break into the Supreme Court