Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumAllen on Israel critics who just dislike Jews
The scoop on Woody Allen? He doesnt think its tough to be Jewish in America, but he does believe many people disguise their dislike of Jews by criticizing Israel.
Allen, 77, was interviewed in France by Israels Channel 2 Monday ahead of the release in parts of Europe of his latest movie, Blue Jasmine, a comedy-drama starring Cate Blanchett thats been well-received since its summer opening in the US.
Asked whether its harder these days to be a Jew in the US, Allen responded with an immediate, No, I dont think so. He added wryly that by the low standards of tolerance for Jews all over the world, Americas been a very tolerant country.
He went on to say, however, that I do feel there are many people that disguise their negative feelings toward Jews, disguise it as anti-Israel criticism, political criticism, when in fact what they really mean is that they dont like Jews.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/allen-on-israel-critics-who-just-dont-like-jews/
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Christian Zionists, for one obvious example. It seems that you can get away with hating Jews all day long, so long as you praise Israel. Hell, some such antisemites have even won awards from Zionist organizations for doing exactly that (John Hagee being the textbook example for all three points)
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)Hagee would be a good example of that as well, to say nothing of his anti-Catholic views.