Ah this is different. At the @BDSmovement webinar, @RVilkomerson is directly attacking the idea that Israel requires security - its major talking point. This looks like a new tack.

Her "gotcha" is that no one talks about Palestinian security, only Israel's.

The obvious answer is that Israel doesn't target civilians, Palestinians do. You remember suicide bombings, Rebecca?

Amazing how the less Arabs attack Jews, the less Jews have to defend themselves (Jordan, Egypt, and even the WB vs. Gaza.)

To bigots like BDSM, Israel's defense is pure aggression for no reason.

In short, @RVilkomerson says, Israelis demanding not to be blown up in buses and from rockets an example of racism.

Reaally.

Now Peterson-Smith says calling the fight against coronavirus is a "war" is really wrong. Because, he says, the metaphor doesn't fit biology.

I don't see why vanquishing the enemy so it cannot kill you is not a reasonable analogy. But he's a scholar.