All well enough, and not a lot for posters to say. Had the article addressed Israeli exceptionalism, belief in "the promised land" and claims of being "the chosen ones", the responses would be more telling.

"How dare they refuse to accede to the absurd demands of the people who had created the problem by refusing to accept the UN decision?"
And what about the people who deliberately exacerbated the problem by refusing to accept UN decisions to allow Palestinian refugees to return home, and to withdraw to pre-1967 borders? Pot calling the kettle black, Barry. You come across as all chip and no shoulder.

I find it incredibly misleading and decptive to title this post in such a way. Anyone can create a similar anecdote then load up the article with a tirade about how they are hard done by. Stick to the facts. As far as Israel is concerned, it and it's people (who prop up the fascist denialists and apologists in power, do not look pretty in any way shape or form). That is not anti-semitism it's a fact. The illegal occupation of Palestine is a crime that is happening right now. Where are the sanctions? Oh that's right the USA has abused it's veto power on the UN for decades.

At what point does one give the issue the oxygen of publicity by standing up and saying that you think these attitudes are unacceptable? Silence is not the answer, it is the best way of ensuring the growth and spread of these sick ideas. Effectively silence is a wink and a nod allowing people to continue on without ever having to justify their vile beliefs. Standing up even in small ways allows for ideas that are not valid to be exposed and beaten by truth.

The demonization of the Jews emanates from the curse of envy. It's due to the "demonic" ability of Jews to succeed brilliantly in wordly affairs, in the fields of science, literature, law--and may I add politics in respect to Cohen, not to mention Disraeli--and most of all in business. Their presumed scapegoating on the basis of religion is merely a cover which hides this mundane envy of the less succesful.

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I've just had a very twisted thought.Paedophiles turn innocent boys into future paedophiles.Could it be that Hitler turned some Jews into future Nazis?

Domestic abuse seems to perpetuate itself in the form of more abuse,because those who seek revenge become the abusers.

The Jewish culture is guilty of the same insular egocentric attitudes as that of Islam,the Catholic Church and many of our trendoid lefties.Our tribal genes are showing.