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Warren DeMontague

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16. "Who in their right mind isn't anti-Israel?" ....uh, I'm not.

Fri May 6, 2016, 04:54 AM

May 2016

I'm certainly opposed to the policies of Likud and I think the decades of Occupation have been a disaster for both the Palestinians and the soul of the State of Israel- that said, it (like the '67 war which preceded it, etc) didn't pop out of the vacuum like a pair of virtual quantum particles. The current situation is the result of a boatload of bad decisions- and they sure as shit weren't all Israel's.

Beyond that, you're kidding yourself if you haven't recognized the massive amounts of anti-Semitism munged up with "anti-Israel" sentiment on the left.

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The British Left’s ‘Jewish Problem’ [View all] cali May 2016 OP

It also feeds into the British Left's relevence problem T_i_B May 2016 #1

T i B, not sure about that. They are certainly alienating Hortensis May 2016 #8

Totally agree about bigotry in general rising T_i_B May 2016 #9

Well, certainly it is for the noisiest voices. Hortensis May 2016 #10

difference between rw and lw anti-Semitism 6chars May 2016 #11

Yeah, not brilliant choices for the mayoral election today. auntpurl May 2016 #2

Khan comes across well T_i_B May 2016 #4

I loved this tweet: auntpurl May 2016 #6

British? 6chars May 2016 #3

Weird. Anti-semitism on the left; Islamophobia on the right. What is going on in the UK? n/t pampango May 2016 #5

Oh, we've got loads of racists over here. auntpurl May 2016 #7

it's pretty much a stitch up PaulaFarrell May 2016 #12

There are those who have known about this for a long time. Behind the Aegis May 2016 #13

Anti-Israel is NOT the same as anti-Jewish. mr blur May 2016 #14

Of course not. And I'm not anti-Israel. cali May 2016 #15

"Who in their right mind isn't anti-Israel?" ....uh, I'm not. Warren DeMontague May 2016 #16

The denial that anti-semitism exists on the left and that it's just anti-occupation or cali May 2016 #17

Me. I'm not anti israel. boston bean May 2016 #18