Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, tribunal finds!

The employment tribunal that ruled (in February) that Prof David Miller was unfairly discriminated against and dismissed by the University of Bristol over anti-Semitism allegations has now published its 120-page judgment. In it, Judge Rohan Pirani said: “Although many would vehemently and cogently disagree with [Miller]’s analysis of politics and history, others have the same or similar beliefs." The panel adds.. "We find that he has established that [the criteria] have been met and that his [long held and genuine] belief amounted to a philosophical belief... worthy of respect in a democratic society, be not incompatible with human dignity, and did not conflict with the fundamental rights of others”.

Miller had argued that Zionism was “inherently racist, imperialist and colonial [and] ideologically bound to lead to the practices of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide in pursuit of territorial control and expansion,” but that this did not mean he 'opposed Jews.'

Judge Rohan Pirani found that Miller's “opposition to Zionism is not opposition to the idea of Jewish self-determination or of a preponderantly Jewish state existing in the world, but rather... to the exclusive realisation of Jewish rights to self-determination within a land that is home to a very substantial non-Jewish population... What [Miller] said was accepted as lawful, was not antisemitic and did not incite violence and did not pose any threat to any person’s health or safety.”

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/14/anti-zionist-beliefs-worthy-respect-uk-tribunal-finds-israel