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Thread #172755 Message #4190911
Posted By: Steve Shaw
13-Oct-23 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
Subject: RE: BS: Hamas attacks Israel
"I cannot deny that there is a global right-wing narrative that Israel/the Jews got what they asked for."
That's as maybe (and there's a left-wing narrative too), but that sentiment is not reflected in the posts to this thread. The other posters here have been restrained and balanced in setting that tone. In addition, the rest of us are actually discussing the substantive of the current crisis. Personally, I don't know anyone who is pro-war but there are many different opinions about the opposition to war. Yours is just one of them and, in my view, pacifists don't have a monopoly on what constitutes the most moral position.
"To declare there is no anti-Semitism 'here' strikes me as a peacekeeping gesture and not a reality"
Not one scrap of antisemitism has been expressed in this thread. Just a reminder that it's perfectly possible to criticise the actions of the Israeli regime without attracting accusations of antisemitism. I'd like to suggest that we shelve any more insinuations of antisemitism in this thread until it arises. Just a thought.