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2023-08-18T18:04:21+00:00

In the 75 years since Israels creation, the Jewish state has made the unwelcome transformation from once having been lionised by the Left as a beacon of social democracy to being demonised as the epitome of racist oppression. One of the more shameful illustrations of how far Israels status has fallen in the standing of British academia occurred in the summer of 2021 when the Israeli ambassador to the UK was abused by a baying mob at the London School of Economics where she had been invited to speak. But then what should we expect when universities worldwide have, since 2005, marked Israeli Apartheid Week, with Jewish students being intimidated by activists staging anti-Israeli rallies and setting up mock checkpoints outside libraries. Nor, as Jake Wallis Simons notes in his new book, Israelophobia: The Newest Version of the Oldest Hatred & What to Do About It, is the demonisation of Israel confined to the academic world. At a time when the news agenda is dominated by conflicts across the globe, from Russias brutal invasion of Ukraine to the civil war in Yemen, it is invariably Israel that attracts the major proportion of criticism from human rights activists and Left-leaning media groups over its long-running conflict with the Palestinians. (snip) The reason Israel today finds itself under a barrage of assault from Left-wing politicians, activists and journalists is the subtle changes that have taken place in the age-old curse of anti-Semitism, which, not content with slandering the Jewish people, now focuses its efforts on denouncing the state of Israel. In his timely and important book, Simons provides a detailed examination of how this worrying new trend has taken root, and what needs to be done to counter it. More.. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/left-cowardly-anti-semitism-hides-170000732.html ===== In 2008 there were two counter protests in Fort Lauderdale where a a woman wearing a Muslim attire screamed: Jews, go back to the ovens.

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The anti-Semitim horrendous. As is the current government in Israel. NoRethugFriends Aug 2023 #1

And this justified shouting at Jews to get back to the ovens? question everything Aug 2023 #5

Go to UC Berkeley sometime Sympthsical Aug 2023 #2

Israel's fallen reputation is because of Bibi, et al unc70 Aug 2023 #3

The "far right" government was not in plac in 2008 when the clip shows question everything Aug 2023 #6

This seems to be conflating ANY and ALL criticism of Israel with antisemitism. That is just wrong hlthe2b Aug 2023 #4

Yep. Exactly. Goddessartist Aug 2023 #7

NoRethugFriends

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1. The anti-Semitim horrendous. As is the current government in Israel.

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:09 PM

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question everything

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5. And this justified shouting at Jews to get back to the ovens?

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:22 PM

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To blames Jews for all the atrocities in the world?

This is the point of the story and it is unfortunate that you, apparently missed it.

Sympthsical

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2. Go to UC Berkeley sometime

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:11 PM

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You'll see some shit.

People like to sweep this under the rug.

-isms only count if they can be pinned on an opponent.

unc70

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3. Israel's fallen reputation is because of Bibi, et al

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:11 PM

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The very far right governments in Israel under Netanyahu is more than enough explanation.

question everything

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6. The "far right" government was not in plac in 2008 when the clip shows

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:24 PM

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And a few years ago, with clashes with Gaza, many Jewish stores and synagogues were attacked.

hlthe2b

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4. This seems to be conflating ANY and ALL criticism of Israel with antisemitism. That is just wrong

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:21 PM

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Posting a horrific video of a hateful pro-Palestine woman telling Jews to "go back to the ovens" in a discussion of criticism of Israeli governmental policies that are then conflated to equate to anti-semitism in BOTH instances? Really?

Goddessartist

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7. Yep. Exactly.

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Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:24 PM

Aug 2023