Israel/Palestine

aranthus

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37. There is a difference between pointing out racism in country and calling it a racist endeavor.

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:27 PM

Dec 2016

The former is acceptable. The latter is an attack on the legitimacy of the nation, and if it is against he Jewish nation, then it is antisemitism.

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Britain adopts broader anti-Semitism definition to fight hate crimes against Jews [View all] shira Dec 2016 OP

palestinians are semites. will they have extra protections too? msongs Dec 2016 #1

Jews are the primary victims of religious hate crimes oberliner Dec 2016 #2

Fine. Let's call it Hatefully Anti-Jewish aranthus Dec 2016 #3

HOW MANY TIMES leftynyc Dec 2016 #11

Until there are more reasonable standards for banning the people who do it. n/t aranthus Dec 2016 #12

INHO leftynyc Dec 2016 #13

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If Israel's a racist endeavor and the overwhelming vast majority of Jews support Israel... shira Dec 2016 #8

Yup. aranthus Dec 2016 #14

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Yawn. All your sources are either antizionist or part of the BDS movement. shira Dec 2016 #21

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And yet Amnesty & HRW never accuse Israel of Apartheid. Riddle me that one. shira Dec 2016 #33

There is a difference between pointing out racism in country and calling it a racist endeavor. aranthus Dec 2016 #37

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Yes. aranthus Dec 2016 #45

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Where does Rabbis for Human Rights call Israel a racist endeavor? aranthus Dec 2016 #47

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So RHR doesn't call Israel a racist endeavor or Apartheid. You made that up.... shira Dec 2016 #49

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You made crap up. What's the point? You even claim to not like the BDS movement.... shira Dec 2016 #51

In other words you lied about RHR so you could lie about people like me. aranthus Dec 2016 #52

David Hirsh: this new definition of antisemitism is only a threat to antisemites shira Dec 2016 #5

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It means there's legit criticism & illegitimate hateful, racist discourse WRT Israel.... shira Dec 2016 #9

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No, because for one that's a lie. Two, you would never do that to another country. n/t shira Dec 2016 #20

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And those comparisons are lies. Amnesty & HRW don't spew such bullshit.... shira Dec 2016 #24

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You're going back a long way to demonize only Israel & no other nation. shira Dec 2016 #30

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LoL, I rest my case. Israel is uniquely evil just as Jews are uniquely evil. shira Dec 2016 #34

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Yes, bash Israel, give a pass to mass slavery in India & quote from racist Mondoweiss... shira Dec 2016 #40

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IOW, facts don't matter to you. You've now been provided 2 democracies way worse than Israel.... shira Dec 2016 #42

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You're still deflecting, pretending criticism of Israel that's on par.... shira Dec 2016 #44

Typical how you deflected rather than answered how it is that critics of Israel.... shira Dec 2016 #25

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I think you know why. Their criticism doesn't cross the line. shira Dec 2016 #31

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They're part of the BDS movement, remember? Same BDS movement you oppose. shira Dec 2016 #36

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Ben White is an outright antisemite. Little wonder why he's against this... shira Dec 2016 #10

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Let's start with the first. Ben White understands & justifies antisemitism... shira Dec 2016 #23

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I truly do not understand you. aranthus Dec 2016 #15

Remember, criticism similar to that leveled vs other countries is legitimate shira Dec 2016 #16