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In reply to the discussion: Is criticism of Israel antisemitic? [View all]Chainfire
(17,757 posts)Don't you think that both parties have their cheering section. I have seen a lot of Rah, rah, rah, coming from Israel as well as coming from Palestinian supporters. Of course if someone believes that Israel is incapable of crime or sin, the may have some special motives or prejudice of their own.
There are hateful people among us who will jump on any bandwagon to vent their pent-up anger. It may be the Chinese one day, the South Americans, gays or blacks the next; the haters are willing to throw rocks at anyone, if they think that their peers will see them as heroes. Last week one of those heroes shot up some students in Vermont because they were the wrong religion.
If, in order to not be considered and anti-Semite, we have to accept, without question, the brutality that we see happening every day in Gaza, then there are a lot of us who, at one time, supported the government of Israel, who will need to wear the label. Over 15,000 dead and counting, the majority of them women and children. Don't suggest that we should look the other way, for that is exactly what happened to the Jews in the 30s and 40s; people accepted what they saw, or looked the other way. Never again.
15,000 women and children. Where is the justice?