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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully people can see that there are unacceptable levels of both Islamophobia and antisemitism right now.  Who is the biggest victim really isn’t the point. [/quote]

As a Jew I would argue that there is a revelation from the last month and that is that anti semitism is seen as so much more acceptable as any other type of racism. People are fine with saying and doing things as they relate to Jews that they would never ever ever be ok with saying or doing about another historically persecuted race. I am 46 and I was told this in the past but never realized how true it is before. I’m not defending Israel, I’m saying the rapidity with which people are calling for Israel to disappear altogether and calling Jews white colonists, and the acceptance of that in mass protests and in language across social media - is horrifying and terrifying and it would never ever happen to another race and be acceptable [/quote]

Can you please share the comments that you are finding so harmful?

I’m half Jewish and I don’t find negative comments about Israel or even questioning its existence antisemitic.   Those comments are directed at a country. Not the religious faith/ethnicity.

I am totally on board that the world feels much less safe for Jews today than a month ago.   But I also have several dear friends from the Middle East and know they also feel less safe today too.

I don’t think either party can legitimately claim a greater fear or harm.   In fact, I think when one party claims greater pain it it harmful - it minimizes the concerns of the other which is why we are at this point today.

Can’t we break that cycle? Hate is hate.  [/quote]

To me - [b]questioning the right of Israel to exist at all is anti semitic. It’s not ‘just a country’.[/b] It is representative of historic racism directed at Jews such that millions were killed just for being Jews. They needed a country because the hate for them was so overwhelming that they weren’t safe anywhere. That does not mean I think Gazans should be killed or that Palestinians should have fewer rights. But calling Jews - who are the same color as Palestinians and have a hugely shared history - ‘white colonists’ is horribly racist in my mind.
Side note. You’re not half Jewish. My dad is Christian and my mom is Jewish - so I’m Jewish. Same goes for you. The reason that’s important is bc in a world where ‘Jews’ are seen as a race, and handled as such, you either are one or you aren’t [/quote]

This is where the facism and thought police really comes into play. There is 100% a political and legal question as to the legal ability of Britain to grant the Palestinian territories with millions of Arab and Muslim residents to the Jewish refugees from Europe. One can argue the morality of that decision for years. It is not anti-semitic in the slightest. It is a valid, academic question as to the validity of that politically motivated decision which has resulted in complete upheaval, instability and chaos in the region.

To this day, we have academic discussions regarding the decision to drop the A-bomb at the end of WW2. We debate the merits (or de-merits) of Sykes - Picot, the colonization of the Americas, Christopher Columbus' standing in history, and a hundred other historical occurrences. It is completely ASTOUNDING to me that we are never permitted to debate any historical, legal, or moral occurrences having to do in, around, or of the state of Israel without it being labeled as anti-semitic.

It is not anti-semitic. It is a valid academic discussion as to what is possible the most consequential act in the region for the past century.

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