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In reply to the discussion: No, criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitism [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)119. Depends. When they use that analogy, it's probably more idiotic than hateful.
The Neturei Karta just recently compared the IDF to Nazis. The very same NK that attends Holocaust denial conferences in Iran. I can't make out if they're antisemitic or just flat out insane.
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so your citing an exchange between talkbackers ? define being against the existance of Israel
azurnoir
May 2012
#6
so you believe that Richard Silverstein, Phil Weiss and Max Blumental are antisemites?
azurnoir
May 2012
#9
In the cases you provided it was borderline is that why you only provided links no excepts?
azurnoir
May 2012
#77
I do. Do you believe it's EQUALLY offensive and unacceptable to make Palestinian/Nazi comparisons?
Ken Burch
May 2012
#60
So you're in denial and don't believe Hamas really advocates genocidal incitement vs. Jews.
shira
May 2012
#103
Do you believe it's anti-semitic when settlers compare the IDF to the Nazis?
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2012
#117
In that case they're drawing a hateful parallel to advance their own interests.
Shaktimaan
Jun 2012
#140
Well, in Sheizaf's case he presumably obsesses more over Israel because it's his own country
LeftishBrit
May 2012
#12
Anti-zionists or post-zionists (whatever they call themselves) are by definition...
shira
May 2012
#19
I suppose your right Ray Hanania would quickly make peace as Ray Hanania lives in Chicago
azurnoir
May 2012
#46
Posting absolutly anything that is critical, questioning or shines negative light on
Dick Dastardly
May 2012
#92
Now you have piqued my curiosity, I am starting to understand a little better.
Starboard Tack
Jun 2012
#125
prior legitimite claim? are you sure you wish to go there? your using the bible to claim legitimacy
azurnoir
May 2012
#28
Oh its quite clear you seem to advicate for the Palestinians mostly innocent civilians to be forever
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#124
Neither statlessness nor population transfer is relevant to whether the Palestinians are refugees
aranthus
Jun 2012
#130
in the case of Israel and its Occupied territories the transfer of civilian population
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#131
so Palestiunians get and deserve nothing and Israeli (Jews) have prior claim to everything
azurnoir
May 2012
#47
You can't demand that people criticize every other country BEFORE they can comment
Ken Burch
May 2012
#63
If the anti-Israel contingent is going to bring up the false apartheid analogy WRT Israel....
shira
May 2012
#75
Are undocumented Mexican migrants suffering under apartheid in the United States?
shaayecanaan
May 2012
#22
Do you think that the Israelis treat the Palestinians like crap for cynical reasons?
shaayecanaan
May 2012
#33
The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are suffering, but it's irrelevant to the I/P situation
Ken Burch
May 2012
#64
"Israel is currently engaged in the longest-lasting military occupation on earth"
EX500rider
May 2012
#50
If it was occupied by Jordan, then it was subsequently occupied by Israel...
shaayecanaan
May 2012
#99
The PA merely administers the territory at the pleasure of the occupying power...
shaayecanaan
Jun 2012
#143
If that amounts to an occupation, then France is occupying Alsace Lorraine
shaayecanaan
May 2012
#84
Here's why criticism from rabid anti-Israel groups like the PSC is considered antisemitic....
shira
Jun 2012
#144
Do you really wish to defend the PSC? They're infested with rabid Jew hating anti-Semites...
shira
Jun 2012
#146
I asked you about Miles of Smiles which allowed the group to enter Gaza with it
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#147
I expect an answer to my question as well. No evasion or misdirection this time, okay?
shira
Jun 2012
#148
quote "Miles of Smiles is actually worse than the PSC and that's saying a lot..."
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#149
Yeah, they are. As those articles showed. Here's another damning article, many links...
shira
Jun 2012
#150
serious question is there any charitable organization that has aided Palestinians
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#151
U.S. Designates Five Charities Funding Hamas and Six Senior Hamas Leaders as Terrorist Entities
shira
Jun 2012
#152
Your list is nearly a decade old do you have a current one? Interpal is not on the current list
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#153
Even Turkey is now investigating IHH links to al-Qaeda. I mean FFS, what are you supporting?
shira
Jul 2012
#158
I removed the extension from your link and tried this http://www.ots.treas.gov
azurnoir
Jun 2012
#154