RRD:At this point I suppose I could argue that anti-semitism is racism & as such is never justifiable,"understandable",or sane.
I won't.
I won't because Gutman knows this,as do all his anti-semitic brethren through history,& arguing would imply that I thought there was something for honest people to debate.
...."Growing global anti-Semitism is linked to Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians, the American ambassador to Belgium told stunned Jewish conference attendants in Brussels earlier this week. Speaking Wednesday at a Jewish conference on anti-Semitism organized by the European Jewish Union (EJU,) Howard Gutman told participants he was apologizing in advance if his words are not to their liking. He then proceeded to make controversial statements about his views on Muslim anti-Semitism, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday. A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, Gutman said. He also argued that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty will significantly diminish Muslim anti-Semitism. The American envoy, a lawyer by training, is Jewish and played a major role in fundraising for the Democratic Party. He was appointed to the post by
President Barack Obama."....
....."the next speaker offered a scathing rebuttal to the envoy’s remarks. “The modern Anti-Semite formally condemns Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and expresses upmost sympathy with the Jewish people. He simply has created a new species, the “Anti-Zionist” or –even more sophisticated –the so -called ‘Israel critic,’” Germany attorney Nathan Gelbart said. “The ‘Israel critic’ will never state ‘Jews go home’ but is questioning the legality of the incorporation of the State of Israel and therefore the right for the Jewish people to settle in their homeland. He will not say the Jews are the evil of the world but claim that the State of Israel is a major cause for instability and war in the region,” he said. “There is no other country, no other people on this planet the ‘Israel critic’ would dedicate so much time and devotion as to the case of Israel.” “For no other country he would criticize or ask to boycott its goods or academics. And this
for one simple reason: Because Israel is the state of the Jewish people, not more and not less,” Gelbart said."...
RRD:The only problem I have with Gelbart's statement is that it is touchingly naive.There are many "Israel critics" who would say many of these things.(And to be precise there are some anti-Israel fanatics who hate the U.S. & many other governments because they are Marxists or Anarchists,so not all unjust critics of Israel are necessarily anti-semitic,but I presume he is referring to the Mearsheimer-Walt-Atzmon axis.)
'Jew-hate stems from conflict' - Israel News, Ynetnews
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4156355,00.html Posted via email from fightingstatism
