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Anti-semitism and Israel’s moral imperative : Comments
By Alon Ben-Meir, published 8/5/2015Horrific outbursts against the Jews are on the rise all over Europe – exclamations like 'gas the Jews' and 'Jews burn best' are being heard at soccer games and similar social gatherings.
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Anti-Semitism from other groups and individuals, except for Nazi copy cats, rarely call for such hateful fates for Jews.
Why, instead of just blaming the Jews (or at least some Jews) for hatred against themelves, don't people who write and talk about anti-Semitism name the actual people and groups who are anti-Semitic? E.g : some Muslims, Nazis, some well-known individuals, some leftists.
I have no particular brief for Jews or Israel. But the the anti-Semitic debate usually ends up blaming Jews themseles for hatred towards them.
Whereas, if anyone dares cricticise Islam or Muslims, the subject of the criticism claim 'racism' (even though Islam has nothing to do with ethnicity) and also fall back on 'victimhood'.
The Jews, perhaps more aware of the freedoms, including freedom of speech, they have so often been denied themselves, just take it on the chin like other mature people and get on with their lives, hard though that must be for Israelis under constant physical threat from their haters.