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Thread #80337   Message #1463889
Posted By: dianavan
17-Apr-05 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: The New Anti-semitism
Subject: RE: BS: The New Anti-semitism
A very good article but I wonder if this is true or if its over exagerrated.

"...in which respectable British people say openly that they sympathise with the mass murder of Jews by Palestinians because they are 'fighting for their freedom'; and in which Israel is being systematically delegitimised and dehumanised."

I wouldn't know because I do not live in Britain. I've never heard anything about the mass murder of Jews or people who would sympathise with mass murder in Canada.

I also wonder about the wisdom of a nation (any nation) who relies on military superiority to quell dissent and attack innocent civilians.

Although I think the formation of the State of Israel was not well thought out, I certainly don't think the destruction of Israel is the answer. I also do not think it is up to the rest of the world to solve Israel's problems.

I also do not believe that Jews are the only people who have been oppressed or subjected to genocide. What would happen if we gave Natives their homeland and pushed all others into the desert regions? What if we gave African Americans a homeland in Georgia to call their own? What if we gave Romania to the Roms? How about we give back Ireland to the Irish?

I just don't understand why Jews are so special.

Could it be that they have a powerful lobby in Washington and Washington has a great deal to gain?

Its not about anti-semitism as much as it is about what is fair. I do not hate Jews but I do not like the power of the Israeli/American alliance and the double standards that are applied world-wide.