Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)But you're coming from a different perspective. Your criticism is based on making Israel better, not tearing it down.
Anti-zionists like David Duke and his ilk @ Stormfront or Pat Buchanan only criticize out of hatred in order to defame, demonize, and dehumanize. They want Israel gone. They want Jews harmed. Can we at least agree most of their criticism is illegitimate and is laced with vitriol?
It's been written several times on this thread that anti-zionism need NOT be anti-semitic. And it's not when one considers Satmar Hassidic Jews (not Neturei Karta) who don't believe Israel should exist until Messianic times. They are not actively working with neo-nazis, psycopaths, repulsive rightwingers, and outright, textbook definition anti-semites who have an axe to grind with the Jews.
But the rest of the anti-zionists ARE doing that, daily when they're closely affiliated with and very supportive of proven anti-semitic organizations like BDS, the ISM, FreeGaza, the PSC, and others like ElectronicIntifada & Mondoweiss. Organizations supportive of terror and attacks against Jews (Palestinian right to resist). No amount of evidence exposing these groups for who they are, no matter how damning, elicits any condemnation against these hate groups. No outrage, no reflection. Nothing. Just denial or deflection. Many dig their heels in even more in defense of these hate groups.
An example is Helen Thomas. No matter the evidence, no condemnation by the vast majority of anti-zionists. No outrage. Nothing.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x339494#339503
In fact, Helen is respected even more these days by her fellow haters. Mel Gibson is another. John Galliano. Etc...
If someone comes out hating on Blacks, Gays, or Arabs and is defended to the hilt, what do you make of such apologists other than the fact they're fellow haters? And if the apologists are making the same, sorry, hateful comments themselves is there any question they're fellow haters?