'The most dangerous lie about Israel is "occupation"'

(JNS) - In today's global discourse, few words have done more damage to Israel's legitimacy than "occupation." What is often presented as a neutral legal term has instead become a political weapon-one that reframes terrorism as resistance and casts Israel as a state whose very existence requires justification.

That warning comes from American Judge Alan Clemmons, who argues that modern antisemitism is sustained not only by hatred, but by language that is repeated until it becomes accepted as fact.

Speaking this week in Jerusalem, Clemmons said the term has moved far beyond legal terminology an...