The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57637   Message #1116511
Posted By: CarolC
15-Feb-04 - 04:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Arafat's $300 million
Subject: RE: BS: Arafat's $300 million
If a person who happens to be Arab, Palestinian, Muslim, male, is criticised that does not mean that hatred is spread against Arabs, Palestinians, Muslims, males

It does if it's relentless and entirely unbalanced with regard to who gets criticized and how often, as is the case in this country with regard to Israel and the Palestinians. You need to understand the context in which this kind of discussion takes place here in the US, to understand how I arrive at the position I take in threads like this one. And you can't do that unless you spend quite a bit of time here, and you are continually bombarded with anti-Palestinian/Arab/Muslim propaganda as we are here.

I found a statistic that says that even the majority of Israelis believe that the US is too biased in favor of Israel and against the Palestinians. I'll find it for you and post a link.