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72. As I said

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 04:17 PM

Apr 2016

Only Jewish people should do this. I personally would not do it. I don't feel I have the right. But precisely because it is an American Jewish institution where American Jewish people support this policy, particularly if the rabbi of this synagogue publicly supported this policy in his service.

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Labour Party Former Mayor Under Fire Over Facebook Post Saying Hitler Killed Six Million Zionists [View all] iandhr Apr 2016 OP

When Euros attack Israel, this is what I see. A group of people still mired in their centuries Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #1

Amen to that. Same as the South still blames all its woes on Black folks. McCamy Taylor Apr 2016 #3

"Israel supports ISIS" is just a little worse than "US supports ISIS" which can be found on DU uhnope Apr 2016 #5

Actually both can be found here. Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #6

I'd be surprised to see that last question psychopomp Apr 2016 #96

A Jewish grocery store is not an Israeli target. Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #110

Can someone please explain this ridiculous fear of Jews?? 7962 Apr 2016 #30

Because some Jew got nailed to two wooden boards over 2000 years ago Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #31

People like the man in the OP are hardly "religious flunkies" 7962 Apr 2016 #39

What group in the US is the strongest supporter of Israel? philosslayer Apr 2016 #65

Because Israel, they think, is the first sign of the Rapture for the Rapture Right Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #75

It's rooted in religion, making them a ready scapegoat... paleotn Apr 2016 #35

That's what I would like to know. smirkymonkey Apr 2016 #87

You Americans really have no regard for the truth. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #104

This does not even make sense. Hitler killed Jewish Europeans who would not leave McCamy Taylor Apr 2016 #2

I never expect antisemites to make sense. EllieBC Apr 2016 #4

But some equate ALL criticism of Israeli security policies or even of Zionism as a concept Ken Burch Apr 2016 #10

And what does that have to do with Jews in other parts of the world? EllieBC Apr 2016 #13

No one should protest by synagogues. n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #16

I wouldn't criticize Jewish-Americans if they did cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #49

If they demonstrated outside a synagogue? King_David Apr 2016 #53

If they were Jewish cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #58

It makes no difference who does it .. King_David Apr 2016 #59

I am not a particularly religious person cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #62

Why would it be acceptable to protest Israeli government policies King_David Apr 2016 #70

As I said cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #72

This is what I hate about "discussion" on DU psychopomp Apr 2016 #97

You should try out the forum : Discussionist King_David Apr 2016 #98

I should check out a forum called 'Discussionist' for discussion on DU... psychopomp Apr 2016 #108

As a matter of fact cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #48

Absolutely. It should be a subject of open debate, as should everything else in modern politics Ken Burch Apr 2016 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author King_David Apr 2016 #60

I didn't say cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #61

AntiZionism is Antisemitism King_David Apr 2016 #54

Not in all cases. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #64

Denying the Jewish people self determination is bigotry. King_David Apr 2016 #66

They could have that in a secular state, or an Israel/Palestine(not Israel-Jordan)federation. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #68

Stop trying to change topic of a bigoted POS antisemite King_David Apr 2016 #69

I don't defend the man this thread is about at all. Or his words. What he said was vile. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #74

The "violent few"?? They elect Hamas, they support suicide attacks, 7962 Apr 2016 #91

They accepted Israel's right to exist in 1994. That issue is put to rest. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #94

There are anti-zionist Jews: LiberalElite Apr 2016 #77

Those bigoted fundamentalist homophobic twits? King_David Apr 2016 #78

I'm just pointing out that they exist nt LiberalElite Apr 2016 #79

Not true treestar Apr 2016 #92

Rubbish , King_David Apr 2016 #93

I'd like to ask you to define what exactly being a Zionist means: Ken Burch Apr 2016 #101

If you are against Jews having a country,you are against Jews King_David Apr 2016 #102

The corollary is also true. Many equate specific policies of the Israeli governmen LanternWaste Apr 2016 #89

And no one should do that(although that doesn't represent most Palestinian solidarity activists Ken Burch Apr 2016 #95

It doesn't matter. Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #11

thank god there is a place Jews can immediately go to ericson00 Apr 2016 #7

It's enough to have the lands on the Israeli side of the Green Line for that, though. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #9

this kind of Jew-hatred from both Muslims and Europeans existed before 1967 ericson00 Apr 2016 #14

It was far less common in the Arab world before 1948. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #20

why should Iraqis, Egyptians, Sudanese, etc. ericson00 Apr 2016 #27

You've basically learned everything you know about this from AIPAC and CAMERA/FLAME. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #45

Rubbish King_David Apr 2016 #55

Look up the word Dhimmi. . .it means second class citizen and Arabs used for Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #32

you're wrong of course 4dsc Apr 2016 #38

Balfour resolution created the British mandate of palestine. Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #40

It was illegal of the UN to do that 4dsc Apr 2016 #52

Illegal? King_David Apr 2016 #56

The Balfour Declaration made the creation of a "homeland" contingent on the understanding Ken Burch Apr 2016 #63

Yet even with "Dhimmi"(which I don't think was imposed rigidly everywhere) Ken Burch Apr 2016 #44

Israel tried trading land for peace once ripcord Apr 2016 #90

I agree; but there was antisemitism in Europe long before the settlements or even Israel itself LeftishBrit Apr 2016 #15

Indeed, but you can't fight that horrible tradition by making opposition to antisemitism synonymous Ken Burch Apr 2016 #18

Huh? I have never in my life equated opposition to antisemitism with unquestioning support of what LeftishBrit Apr 2016 #24

To clarify, I wasn't saying that you yourself had. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #43

Yet the palestinians and their ilk call for the total elimination of Israel 7962 Apr 2016 #28

Disgusting. And the thing is, most of the Jewish victims of Hitler probably WEREN'T Zionists. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #8

Disgusting - but this is not 'par for the course' for Labour; perhaps more for Bradford politicians LeftishBrit Apr 2016 #12

I understand the sense you have of not being able to find a political home. n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #19

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Bonobo Apr 2016 #17

Yup! Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #21

Thanks for the backup, brother. nt Bonobo Apr 2016 #22

You know it! nt Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #23

I don't know about 'never' but it is common for 'Zionist' to be used as a euphemism for 'joooo' LeftishBrit Apr 2016 #25

Well, I said "I" have never heard it that way. Bonobo Apr 2016 #26

Well stated. Behind the Aegis Apr 2016 #67

Neo Anti-Semitism is wrapped it nice, politically based policy language. Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #33

If Gentiles knew what many of us have gone through... Bonobo Apr 2016 #34

Your avatar, in Chinese, is Zhen Shi, or real sincere. Curious why you have it. Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #36

In Japan, we pronounce it "Shinjitsu" and it means the "complete truth". Bonobo Apr 2016 #37

Yes, Jewish people have gone through horrific treatment. All indefensible. All shameful. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #73

Like the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem that stated, in 1948, that he wanted to finish the job Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #76

My only objection is to the idea of, as Netanyahu does, equating Palestinians with the Nazis. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #81

You have a bad habit of accusing others King_David Apr 2016 #82

He accused me of defending antisemitism Ken Burch Apr 2016 #83

Well said. mia Apr 2016 #99

Thanks for your support. n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #100

+1 King_David Apr 2016 #57

+1000 leftynyc Apr 2016 #88

Must still be mad about all those marauding hordes of murderous Jews through history? 7962 Apr 2016 #29

Par for the course with Labour these days? Turborama Apr 2016 #41

Ok how about the Guardian iandhr Apr 2016 #47

That doesn't prove that anti-Semitism is "par for the course" in the Labour party these days Turborama Apr 2016 #85

Ok how about this iandhr Apr 2016 #86

I think that it's a sensitive subject for Labour T_i_B Apr 2016 #111

Khadim Hussain.....GREAT. Way to tarnish an entire ethnic group with that kind of shit spewing. MADem Apr 2016 #42

Somewhat off topic, but if the murdered 6 million were Zionists... Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #46

Not necessarily. There were Zionist activists in the UK and in all European countries. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #84

Ironically, the image he shared had an American origin muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #51

he left his decoder ring on by mistake. geek tragedy Apr 2016 #71

Agreed King_David Apr 2016 #80

Labour is so anti Semitic that its last leader Ed Milliband Bad Dog Apr 2016 #103

Of course not. iandhr Apr 2016 #105

Thinking that human rights should apply to everyone in the ME is not anti Semitic. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #106

Calling Hamas... iandhr Apr 2016 #107

Hamas aren't that different from a lot of the settler groups in Netanyahu's coalition. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #109