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Thread #159827   Message #3789330
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
09-May-16 - 08:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: (UK) Whither the Labour Party
steve,
Your Wikie piece does not support your assertion that "The pro-Israel lobby in America also seeks to widen the definition,(of antisemitism")

My highlighting the "balance" does not change that.

If I criticise Jews BECAUSE THEY ARE JEWS I am antisemitic. If I criticise the actions of a person or a group of people because I think they are perpetrating injustices, I am not.

You are if you ignore worse offenders and always and only criticise Israel.
It means you are singling out Israel, and holding it to a different standard to its neighbours and enemies.

You need to explain why it is not antisemitc to single out Israel for attack while ignoring worse offenders.
If not because it is the Jewish state, then why?

Paul,
More recent occupations.
Tibet. Kashmir. Japanese islands occupied by Russia.