From Israeli Soldier to Anti-Zionist Jew: Meet Antony Lerman

Antony Lerman went from living on a kibbutz in Israel and serving with the IDF to becoming a formidable critic of the Zionist movement. He has unique insight into anti-Zionism, which he believes is often falsely conflated with anti-Semitism --- a move that allows Israel to suppress Palestinians and critics of Netanyahu's assault on Gaza.

Read Antony's latest article on our website: https://www.declassifieduk.org/weapon...

You can buy his books from Pluto Press: https://www.plutobooks.com/author/ant...

00:00 Introduction
01:08 Zionist youth camps
02:30 Socialist Zionism
03:30 Erasure of Palestinians
04:55 From Nakba to Kibbutz
06:50 Joining the IDF
09:05 Rise of Netanyahu
12:17 Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic?
15:09 IHRA debate