Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, all criticism of Israel is antisemitic!(Op-Ed in Jerusalem Post) [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Yes...a small number of Israelis have been victims. But a far larger number of Palestinians have been killed...and it is far from an unchallengeable assertion that all or even most of them "had it coming". There have been just as many innocent victims on the Palestinian side as on the Israeli side.
And you know perfectly well that Palestinians have just as much right to have grief and anger in THEIR hearts as Israelis do. Both side can claim equal victimhood.
And the Israeli government has no right to say it wants peace until it forever stops expanding the West Bank settlements. I can only hope that, now that Bibi's hate-driven ancient father has finally died, he'll begin to recognize that Palestinians have their own humanity, their own suffering, and their own equally valid heritage.
Antisemitism must be fought. But the way to fight it in Palestine is to stop oppressing Palestinians and for the Israeli government to never again describe itself or Israel as "the Jews". Israel is not "the Jews". Israel and the world's Jewish communities are not synonymous.