tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post9153410132037174651..comments2024-03-26T14:09:24.332+00:00Comments on Confronting antisemitism and Israel hatred: What hope for Israel if this is one of its ‘advocates’?Confronting antisemitism and Israel hatredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15194461954508969242noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-10574597249090505492011-10-10T21:23:09.086+01:002011-10-10T21:23:09.086+01:00message to Edgar:
I linked to your site on my blo...message to Edgar:<br /><br />I linked to your site on my blog, and invite you to reciprocate.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Mark Gold<br /><br />http://markgold.wordpress.com/Mark Goldhttp://markgold.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-53077198836200780472011-09-17T16:25:39.686+01:002011-09-17T16:25:39.686+01:00Babs:
What was especially depressing is that most...Babs:<br /><br />What was especially depressing is that most of the audience (who remember had come there expecting find out about how to argue Israel's case) gave the speaker a very warm reception. That's because he never once said explicitly that he was a revisionist or that he was not a Zionist. Nor did he ever say that he was disputing previously assumed facts. The audience simply accepted that this was the 'correct' narrative.Mark Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634542433903164227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-45557333735415265272011-09-17T16:19:57.386+01:002011-09-17T16:19:57.386+01:00Elder:
This is a very good suggestion. I will sug...Elder:<br /><br />This is a very good suggestion. I will suggest it in a follow-up message to BICOM (who have not yet replied).Mark Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634542433903164227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-43312201893589796112011-09-17T16:18:34.558+01:002011-09-17T16:18:34.558+01:00Daphne:
You said
>if they don't snap out...Daphne:<br /><br />You said <br /><br />>if they don't snap out of this malaise, soon they'll be conceding that Israel was "born in sin".<br /><br />Well, the speaker was already trying to convince the audience that Israel was indeed 'born in sin'. Indeed his main thesis was that Israel's existence was due to 3 things:<br /><br />1 Taking away from the Arabs all the jobs in farming.<br /><br />2. 'Illegal' land purchases ('illegal in brackets because he accepted they were technically legal but were not 'legal' in the eyes of Arabs not involved in the deals).<br /><br />3. The British army(as opposed to the Hagganah etc) crushing the Arabs militarily, politically, and financially.Mark Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634542433903164227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-11745508007380616862011-09-17T11:02:42.400+01:002011-09-17T11:02:42.400+01:00Same old same old isn't it? That "we"...Same old same old isn't it? That "we" (ie Jews, Christians and others) must be more sensitive to Muslims and once again the Islamists' lack of respect, threats of violence and otherwise egregious behaviour gets a free pass or is ignored or otherwise excused. THIS infantilisation of Muslim behaviour, where they are not expected to attain the same standards of behaviour as everyone else, is the real racism.<br /><br />Arafat himself said that "Palestine" and "Palestinians" were a notional construct, formed in order to wage war against Jews in <i>dar-ul Islam</i>. In spite of the rubbish published by Shlomo Sands and otherwise, there is a Jewish people whose lineage can be traced back for thousands of years.<br /><br />Daphne, I agree with you that Ango-Jewry needs more bulldogs. The most vociferous of Anglo-Jewish leaders have been mesermised/fascinated by the allegedly peaceable nature of Islam for far too long. It is high time that they broke that spell and named the double standards and the dangers everyone faces from these attitudes precisely for what they are.Babsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-12039928320964756432011-09-16T18:39:29.540+01:002011-09-16T18:39:29.540+01:00Wow.
Someone fly me out there; I need to give mo...Wow. <br /><br />Someone fly me out there; I need to give more lectures.Elder of Ziyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838899002515551673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15072098.post-86592071071089226452011-09-16T18:25:13.582+01:002011-09-16T18:25:13.582+01:00What an utterly bewildering and depressing state o...What an utterly bewildering and depressing state of affairs, Edgar.<br />It's as if the constant drip drip drip of demonisation and delegitimisation of Israel is eroding the good sense of Israel-supporters - if they don't snap out of this malaise, soon they'll be conceding that Israel was "born in sin".<br />Anglo-Jewry needs more bulldogs.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.com