"YOU hold Israel to a set of standards that you do NOT apply to other nations"
Where hae I ever done that?
I expect all nations to respect human life
Israel does not
I expect all nations to be answerable to internationsl laws
Isreal would rather close down International law courts rather than answer to their crimes
I condemn all nations who bahave in thet way
I have condemned Muslim countries, and Christian countries and well as my own and my chosen residence
You don't get it do you
I am discussing ordinary human beings - not Governments or organisations - I don't trust either
I will not condemn the Palestinians for fighting back any more than I did the Jews who fought the British
In the first case Israel is the aggressor, in the last Britain was the aggressor - on each case it was a case of people fighting aggression with every means at their disposal
I HAVE NEVER AT ANY TIME WILL I EVER DENY THE RIGHT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE SELF DETERMINATION - SHOW WHERE i HAVE EVER DONE SO
My definition of antisemitism is and always has been the persecution and denigration of Jews.
AS far as I am concerned Israel no longer speaks for a people who the describe "self-hating" or "non-Jews" if they don't toe the party line - that is fascism
The term has been redefined to suit a political line so many times that it has become meaningless so until you can find me having denigrated the Jewish people you have no case
Keith gave an opinion on a song that suggested sending the Jewish people to be exterminated as unimportant and "silly"
You refuse even to address it - never mind condemn it
You have no case - you have no right to claim you speak on behalf of the Jewish people
Finished with you here - I think
Jim Carroll