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Thread #79324   Message #1435834
Posted By: Mark Cohen
16-Mar-05 - 03:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: A discussion - What is antisemitism? .
Subject: RE: BS: A discussion - What is antisemitism? .
Shambles, the article is not about antisemitism at all, and should not be used as the springboard of a discussion about antisemitism. The article says that Israel is evil and the Palestinians are good. Other articles say that the Palestinians are evil and Israel is good. So what else is new?

If you really are interested in discussing antisemitism as a historical entity, then it's best to leave Israel out of the discussion, at least to start with, since antisemitism has its roots in the Middle Ages or earlier. But then, of course, you wouldn't get to bash Israel.

By the way, I am Jewish and I abhor much of what the present Israeli government has done recently and is doing, as well as much of what the Palestinians and other Arab states have done and are doing. I am also American, and I abhor much of what the present American government has done recently and is doing, as well as much of what our current "enemies" have done and are doing.   

Aloha,
Mark