I don't think of Zionism as a Jewish thing actually. Odd, I know.
As for confusing anti-zionism with anti-semitism, it seems that the zionists are the champions at asserting that the two are identical.
Joanna
Carrol Cox wrote:
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>>No need for the Protocols. The Zionists were very interested in
>>eliminating Iraq as an example and as a force to be reckoned with in the
>>Middle East. So far, they seem to have gotten their wish.
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>>The notion that the state of Israel has a programme and the will to
>>pursue it is not equivalent to some old bugaboo. It's a reality we have
>>been living with for over fifty years.
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>>That's all I can say that's printable.
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>There are two things wrong with this. The first is that the crimes of
>Israel no more give credence to anti-semitism (however veiled) than the
>crimes of Nazi Germany justify Israel. The second is that someone like
>Wanzala who mixes anti-semitism with this conspiracims (and it is almost
>impossible not to mix the two) is giving immense aid and comfort to
>Israel. Without the ideological prop of of identifying anti-zionism with
>anti-semitism zionism and Israel would collapse in a few years.
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>The Weathermen were sincerely anti-imperialist, but they did a better
>job for imperialism than if they had been conscious agents provocateur.
>Wanzala is sincerely attched to the Palestinian cause, but he injures
>that cause with almost every post he writes.
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>Carrol
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