Jim writes: "I would remind you that Arabs are Semites and therefore, following your logic, any criticism of them might be construed as anti-Semitism." Words and terms have a story behind, you can't play with them ignoring that. The term "anti-semitism" was born in Germany as another way of saying anti-judaism, that is not simple "criticism", as anybody with a minimum knowledge of history knows. Some Arabs played an important part in the story of anti-semitism, for instance with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, al-Husseini, allied to Hitler. Jim writes: "the Shatila and Sabra massacres were crimes against humanity colluded in and probably instigated by the Israelis. Please say yes or no." The question was not for me, but I'd like to answer: yes.
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