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SAK: This Israel has nothing to do with bible. If you do not know that by now you need to look what Israel dose to the true people of the bible.
criticizing Israeli occupation polices dose not make out of you a Jewish hater. |
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Salva
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You can be disagree with the creation of the state of Israel, but it doesn't mean you hate Jews. They're different things. So, not, it doesn't make people anti-semite, but it's just my opinion. |
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Bosco
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No,it doesn't and it is losing it's power to intimidate. They can call names all they want. I don't care. |
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Maya
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Many jews take that point of view and certainly all jewish organizations. Some people consider it valid,probably most do not. I'm antizionist and I'm used to being slurred,but I do know the difference between despising a concept like zionism and ethnic hatred. If this were the 30's I would certainly hate Nazism,but it would not make me hate anyone who was German or German-American; i.e. it would not proceed to ethnic bigotry. You are right though; the usage of the terms as a mere slur against critics has brought it to the point of sheer meaninglessness. It has little sting,least of all as applied to an antizionist - since we are almost all left-wing,whereas ethnic jew-hatred proceeds from the extreme right and it generalized,not just in reference to a political doctrine. |
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Galahad
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It's just name-calling. They use it as a device to inhibit criticism. It used to work; it doesn't anymore. |
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Brynn
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No,but I wouldn't care one way or the other. By the way,the term itself is without ethnological foundation. |
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Marum B
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Criticizing Israeli government is not ANTI-SEMITES but Criticizing the people of Israel is. |
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Gamla Joe
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To quote Thomas Friedman
“Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction—out of proportion to any other party in the Middle East—is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest.” |
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Witness to Palestine
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Sad isn't it. Just an automated response from the sheeple' "four legs good, two legs bad." |
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Zeno
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No. As to the term it is merely a slur to inhibit criticism. |
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Lando
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no not at all people throw that word around to often |
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Whoo!
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No, I don't think so, but doing bad things purposefully to them is bad. |
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mr. roo .JPA.
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No, it doesn't. Maya is wrong, most Jews do *not* think that criticizing Israel necessarily means that someone is an antisemite.
However, most Jews do think that holding Israel to a different standard than one holds other nations to can amount to antisemitism. Like Thomas Friedman, quoted above by Gamla Joe, said. And many (I didn't say most) people who criticize Israel do, unfortunately, cross that line. |
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J.driven
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Well the word certainly has you in a twist. Huh?
Is every Jew that thinks Olmert is a weak sister anti-semite.
I don't agree with Islam does that mean I'm anti- semite?
chill. |
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SAK
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If you are against Israel as a Nation, you are against the Jewish people
The Bible (don't remember which book) but in there it says that God will curse those that curse Israel, and bless those that bless Israel. Israel is the apple of God's eye.
Take care. |
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riviva
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Sigh..
No, it doesn't.
I've answered a variation of this question at least three times. If you are asking this honestly, and not as a way to spread this "view," search for similar questions. |
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BMCR
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So are you trying to argue that anti israel or anti Zionist rhetoric cannot possibly be anti Semitic no matter what is said?
If so, then you have handed anti semites a wonderful gift. They can word their anti semitism as "anti Zionism" and we cannot criticize them of being anti semitic. |
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Joshua N
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Right on Paperback. Maybe I should hang out in the Israel section, where we agree. |
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Mr. X
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i don't know if they have free speech where you come from, but they do in israel, and citizens criticize the actions of the government all the time, just like in the US.
also like in the US, there is a big difference between criticizing your government and calling for the destruction of your country.
criticism of israel is fine. calling for her destruction is not. if you can tell the difference, then go for it. |
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paperback writer
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No. Criticising Israel does NOT make anyone an anti semite.
But when some people criticise on the basis of FALSE 'facts', that is unfair.
And when some people then claim that Israel has no right to exist - then yes, that is anti semitism!
No other country has its' very right to exist denied. Only the Jewish state.
But anyone is able to offer a fair and factual criticism of Israel. That does not bother anyone. We just ask that people get the FACTS first and that they judge Israel by the same standards as every other nation on earth. |
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stop me if you can
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Are you speaking of the atmosphere here on yahoo? well if you are then two things. 1) 90% of the anti-Israeli people hate Jewish people as well no matter how eloquently they write 2) If people on yahoo can bully you and silence you then your real life must be pretty hellish. |
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♥Tom♥ (I'm a Girl)
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what? |
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mess with Israel=u mess with me
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Yes, if you criticize Israel you are anti-semite! |
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