So Bobad has just put it in a nutshell
Criticism of Israeli policy is the "new racism" that is referred to in the Parliamentary report on The Labour Party.
Barnacle and Robo seem to go along with that - Robo appears to go as far as comparing Einstein to Hitler - have to say, I have never come across that one before!
The Labour politician, Naz Shah was cited as being antisemitic because she suggested that the Israelis be moved to America - she withdrew that statement, admitted that it was antisemitic and apologized for it - but that aside.
Now we have EBarnacle suggestions that the Palestinians have no right to land that has been occupied by them for many centuries - millenia even - because of a deal that was done between two Empires - a deal between two absentee landlords, as it would be recognised here in Ireland
Palestinians have no right to their land and, presumably, should be moved elsewhere.
Where does this differ in any way from Naz Shah's antisemitism - the mass eviction of an entire people, as B is suggesting (or even their being allowed to stay on out of kindness) is ethnic cleansing, pure and simple.
B. confirms that by holding up two religions and suggesting that one is more fit than the other to stay were they are, putting this conflict on a religious war footing based on "my sky fairy is better than your sky fairy".
This is utter, primitive nonsense.
Religion has no place here, and those who suggest it has are no better than Isis.
This is about people of two different cultures being allowed to live peacefully together without hindrance.
Today's reality cannot be infected by what happened when Palestine belonged to a rapacious Empire - God knows (pun intended) today's world has enough post-Empire problems without adding Israel to the list.
The situation is starkly simple - the Palestinians are where they are because of history
They are not going to move willingly, hopefully they will continue to resist any efforts to make them -
Just as hopefully, the present Israeli regime will not seek 'a final solution' - their record with refugees is not one of the best.
There are already 7.2 million Palestinian refugees scattered over this planet today, one in three refugees in the world are Palestinian.
1.4 million, one third of registered Palestinian refugees, live in the 58 UNRWA-recognised refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank - that does not include those not registered.
Are you people seriously suggesting that that number be added to because they pray to a different bogey-man?
As far as the Brirish Labour Party is concerned, the latest Parliamentary Report has let the cat out of the back by declaring that Labour is guilty of NEW RACISM - criticism of Israel, as far as they are concerned has now become antisemitism.
Isn't it a shame that Apartheid South Africa didn't thik that one up - they'd never have needed to pull out.
I'm sure Israel - the state that enouraged them to become nuclear weaponised - would have backed them up on that one.
Jim Carroll