Is fighting the zionist state anti-semitism?
Joanna
Angelus Novus wrote:
>--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>It's ridiculous to call anti-zionist feeling/action
>>in the middle east
>>anti-semitic.
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>Well, while I do think it is wrong and racist to act
>as if only Arabs are anti-semitic, which is what the
>CDU does in order to justify it's anti-immigrant
>policies, arguing that Arab and Muslim immigrants are
>a "parallel society" in order to get European
>anti-semitism off the hook, I think it is also wrong
>to say that there is no anti-semitism in these
>societies.
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>Mein Kampf and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are
>popular in some book stalls in the region. And Hamas'
>program, for example, shows this influence. One could
>argue that this is the result of Israel's sometimes
>brutal policies, but I think this is mistaken. First,
>because it is a repetition of the classical
>anti-semitic argument that if there is anti-semitism,
>than the Jews themselves are responsible for it. And
>second, every conscious subject has a choice as to how
>to respond when Israel does bad things. Choosing
>anti-semitism is a conscious decision, not something
>to be excused.
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