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IntiRaymi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-13-06 04:27 PM
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3. It isn't antisemitism.
"Antisemitism" has developed into a code word, used for describing the realization that there are 2 sides to the coin in these conflicts. The two sides are:

(a) Lebanese & Palestinian victims,
(b) Israel's national security requirements.

Acknowledging (a) compromises (b), since it is well recognized that impressions matter, and the court of world opinion is the decider in these issues.
Since this conundrum lacks a clear and satisfactory resolution for Israel, the mechanism is to then attack any and all references to (a) as being antisemitic.
But this results in another conundrum: (a) Happens, and it is splashed all over the media, the internet, as well as human rights organizations the world over - which results in Israel's state aparattus painting itself into an increasingly desperate ideological corner.
But that is good, since Human Rights trumps national security.
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