Iam not a specialist in Jewish studies, let alone in the study of antisemitism. Nor, according to most conventional definitions, am I a Jew. Yet I wrote a book about the weaponization of antisemitism for the purposes of erasing Palestine.
What qualifies me to comment on this matter, as if the fate of being Jewish could be chosen and discarded at will? Just who do I think I am? What right do I have to speak at all?
I am someone who was accused of being an antisemite after I returned from living in Palestine, and whose personal and professional life was transformed by that accusation.