From: Loose Cannon <efberg73@gmx.com>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.israel,alt.politics.international,can.politics,nz.politics,talk.politics.guns,talk.politics.misc,soc.culture.usa,uk.legal,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Israeli Minister "We always use the anti-Semitism trick or bring up the Holocaust"
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:56:14 -0400
Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com
On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:21:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Mar 25 03:06:55 UTC, rjac wrote:
>
>> A former high-level Israeli official says that Israeli Jews routinely
>> use the Holocaust and the charge of anti-Semitism to intimidate and
>> silence critics of Israels policies. Its a trick. We always use
>> it, says Shulamit Aloni. When Europeans criticize Israeli policy, she
>> goes on to explain, we bring out the Holocaust, and when Americans
>> are critical of Israels policies, they are called anti-Semitic.
>
>Two problems with that:
>
>A rather large number of Jews themselves are opposed to Zionism and
>oppression of Palestinians. This includes some prominent ones making their
>concerns felt about the actions of the current Israeli Government. Trying
>to accuse them of anti-Semitism tends to come off as a bit rich.
>
>Also, Arabs are Semites, too.
In the famous words of Andrew B. Chung, "I'm not anti-semitic, I just
hate jews".