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On today’s show, host Esty Dinur is joined by Raz Segal, a professor of Holocaust and Genocide studies. They talk about the history of Zionism and how settler colonialism and white supremacy are linked. Segal describes how the Holocaust is weaponized to justify genocide and ethnic cleansing in his most recent article, “Settler Antisemitism.” 

In the US, Jews who voice support of Palestinians and criticize the Israeli state are increasingly censored and called antisemites. Segal says that this is possible because since 1948, the political discourse has come to conflate Jews with the state of Israel. This conflation informs Project Esther, the section of Project 2025 that claims to reduce antisemitism. But, Segal argues, because the plan is promoted by Christian nationalists and white supremacist it will only produce real antisemitism in the US.

Meanwhile, at colleges and universities, students who demonstrate against genocide face academic discipline. Segal calls these attacks on free speech and academic freedom part of a “genocide generating world of lies.” For Segal, independent media is a tool to protect against these attacks.

Dr. Raz Segal is Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Endowed Professor in the Study of Modern Genocide at Stockton University, where he also serves as the director of the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and founding coordinator of the Refugee Studies Initiative. 

Featured image of a Stop the Genocide demonstration from October 2023 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

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