Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel mulls steps against the Palestinians over U.N. bid [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,977 posts)Yeah, it was in this thread...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/113420501#post11
Okay, now that's been put to bed, let's clear up this tendency of some to refer to Israeli soldiers as 'Jewish soldiers' and Israelis as Jews when it suits them. It's a tactic used by some 'supporters' of Israel to imply that those who criticise Israel are being antisemitic because according to them, they're not criticising Israel, but criticising Jews. They try to make out that criticism of the occupation only happens because the occupiers are Jewish, and that if anyone else but Israel was carrying out the occupation and treating the Palestinians as brutally as Israel has, the Palestinians and those who support their self-determination would be lauding the occupiers as heroes and putting on welcome parties for them.
You might also like to read the DU2 guidelines. It was covered in that. 'Do not use the term "Zionist" to mean "Jew" or "Israeli." Do not use the term "Jew" to mean "Israeli".'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134287