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ADL sees 'pandemic of anti-Semitism'
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Published: 07.02.09, 08:27
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61. Zionism is the only movement that fight anti Semitism
Asaf Golan ,   Sugar Land   (02.08.09)
First of all Zionism IS Judaism. Read the torah. How does it end? It ends with Zionist Moshe leading the sons of Israel to the Land of Israel from the galut. Zionism also protects Jews, giving them a safe haven and political power. Jews of France and Turkey can leave their anti-Semitic world and come to Israel where they will enjoy fill political and religious freedom. To be anti-Zionist is to be against Jewish self defense (torah obligation) and anti-land of Israel (negation of our heritage) and anti-Jewish nationalism (negations of our peoplehood as in Am and not Dat.) And so anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism no matter if you are a Jew or Gentile.
62. to #47arabs not hated?
Barney ,   USA   (02.08.09)
I don't condone hating any group in general. each has good and bad. don't delude yourself into thinking that arabs aren't hated. there is a huge backlash of hatred to arabs when all you read about them is suicide bombing, mistreating their women, belief everyone who doesn't follow islam is garbage, living off international aid for decades and stealing most of the money, practice of fighting from among civilian populace. this will only increase until the moderate followers of islam as a religion of peace speak up against the fanatics. people are getting sick and tired reading about you guys blowing your women and children up to kill Jews, other branches of the Islamic faith, and others.
63. 36
rachel   (02.08.09)
I am so sick and tired of people like you who make excuses for hatred and racism against the Jewish people. I doubt you excuse racism against Arabs or Moslems when they do "bad" things like blowing each other up everyday in Iraq or Pakistan. I don't know if you realize this or not but every single racial or religious group in the world does or had done "bad" things at 1 time or another, but it Jews do it there's an excuse for hatred and racism against them according to people like you.
64. #4
Ari ,   London   (02.08.09)
Sorry but Jews are a race. Please look up the science behind it. At any rate, are the 'arabs' a homogenous race? You are telling me that the arabs of North Africa look the same as Arabs from the Levant or the Gulf? What is your criteria for race anyway?
65. Israelis to blame
Joseph ,   Israel   (02.08.09)
Israelis are also to blame for antisemitism. In order to promote the Oslo agreement, the extreme Left under Peres condemned the Israeli Right, the "settlers" and the religious Jews as the enemies of peace. . On the other hand, Fatah and Hamas never condemned each other, but stated that all Jews living in Israel are setters. Normal people hear all this and say if half the Israelis and all the Arabs blame the Jews, the Jews must be guilty.
66. no 46
simon   (02.08.09)
well said 46
67. Israel under fire?
Safra ,   Israel   (02.08.09)
It is exactly this kind of example which proves that many of those who claim to be anti-Zionist are, in actuality, using it as a (transparent)cover for their inherent anti-Semitism. Name one single country in the world, that would tolerate for one month what Israel tolerated for years...continually under fire, continually attacked, continually provoked...Israel finally takes measures to put a stop to the constant rocket attacks, and anti-Semitism skyrockets worldwide. "Let him who is without sin throw the first stone"...unless, of course, they are aiming at the Jews.
68. To #64
Mohammad ,   Jordan   (02.08.09)
you said "Sorry but Jews are a race. Please look up the science behind it" Well, the science that i know proved that race does not exist and that its a big myth. There are plenty of research, you can find some on the web if interested!! and this is applicable not only on jews, but on Arabs and on all human beings!! If the science that you referred to is your Bible, then we will never understand eachother. Race exist mainly in the minds of racists, so you will definitly find people who hate jews, as well as muslims, black, asian...etc, we all know that there are plenty of psychopaths out there. However, calling it "Anti semitism" is an exaggeration and twisting the facts, and calling anyone who criticise Israel an anti semitic is absurd. The angry demonstrations against Israel came as normal reaction to Israel's use of excessive force against powerless civilians. Some of the demonstrators in eroup were Jews who have a much better understanding of Judasim that many fanatics in Israel. Descriping that as anti semitic is "sorry" soooo stupid.
69. it will not work this time
(02.08.09)
They cover all their mistakes under this sentence , anti-simitism is almost not exist anymore it's only in the their minds and their fantasy plus they benfit from it , insted of facing any critic against the Israeli crimes they turn them selfs to be victims of anti-smitism , they like the game but Israel seams didn't realise till now that this old borcken disck can not cheat the world anymore , most of the Jews around the world supported the war in Gaza or by demonestrating and showed support or by not criticize the killing of that mich children and civilians .... and even that you call the countries who want to make investgations about war crimes an anti-simitics countries is joke ... soon you will say the world is anti-simitics and why because you don't axcept critic and don't forget that like there is anti-simitics there is Islamophobia because of the too much attacks on Moslems around the world after the 9/11 whenever not all the Moslems belong to Al Quaeeda but they were not moaning all the time like you do all the time .
70. #44
David ,   USA, exile   (02.08.09)
I am not lost. Just unaccepted.
71. 69- you are right- hopefully
(02.08.09)
the world is critisizing what israel did/ does. they happen to be jewish. that is a side issue- not the issue. its a conicidence that this group of people that kills civilians in GAza and takes their land are jewish. its not anti-semtism
72. #71 Israel is not Arab land
Cynthia ,   USA   (02.08.09)
And there is nothing in Israel that belongs to the Palestinians. The Palestinians are too lazy to create something for themselves so they want what Israel has. What happened in Gaza is a result of barbaric behaviour of Hamas. Did you miss the thousands of missiles Hamas launched at Israel to provoke this attack? Anti-semitism is real and your mantra is getting old.
73. maybe the jewish state...
USA   (02.08.09)
shouldnt do such awful things. maybe then the world wouldnt become anti-semitic. there is a VALID reason people are angry at the jewish state.
74. They gave an award to anti-semite Condi
Rami ,   London   (02.08.09)
Condi, whose snarling approach to putting pressure on Israel for ceding her rights and territories became infamous, was awarded a statesmanship award by mad dog Foxman. Please, stop making sense already!
75. The truth.
David ,   USA, exile   (02.09.09)
Anti-semitism is not growing, it is awakening. There are two seeds in the world which produces two nefesh. One is wickedness the other is Godliness. The world hates anything associated with Godliness. Jews are the representation of the truth of One true Eloheim. Shema Yisra'el. Adonai Eloheim, Adonai echad. Even though very few Jews today are Torah observant, the association still does. Everytime the Jews give the world an excuse to show their evil fangs, grown by the seed of the serpant, the world will jump on the opportunity and attack the Jews. It is not new. There is a reason anti-semitism is awakening now. You can read about it in the Prophets.
76. Whenever there are economic woes, the Jews are blamed and
Rivkah   (02.09.09)
attacked except in Communist countries where there is less hostility toward Jews than toward Christians. Red China is threatening to attack Australia, Canada, and America; so Jews in those places should be safer after the Christians and dissidents are slaughtered who have been disarmed in Australia and Canada. Yes, that is what happens. The communists pay for political campaigns for their candidates in Republics so they can overthrow the governments after gun control legislation disarms the public.
77. #65 Joseph,Israel -- YOU ARE REALLY CORRECT !!!
AVRUM ,   CANADA   (02.09.09)
THIS HAS BEEN THE TREND IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA OVER MANY YEARS. THESE "BAD ISRAELI" CLAIMS THEN FILTERS TO THE GENERAL WORLD PUBLIC-- THAT ISRAEL DID "BAD THINGS". ISRAELIS BLAMING, OR ACCUSING EACH OTHER OF "SOMETHING BAD"-- THE PUBLIC PICKS UP ON THIS AND THEY SAY, WELL IF ISRAELIS CALLED "IT BAD" IT MUST BE SO. THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA , POLITICIANS, UNIONS, ETC. CAN COME OUT WITH ANTI-ISRAEL SENTIMENTS, ACTIONS, AND THEY CANNOT BE ACCUSED OF ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS, BECAUSE OTHER ISRAELIS HAVE GIVEN THEM THEIR CUE OR EXCUSE. OF COURSE MANY OF THE ANTI-ISRAEL PEOPLE DID NOT REALLY NEED AN EXCUSE, BUT THEY WILL TAKE IT ANYWAYS.
78. TO #69 ,#71 ABDUL AND YASSER
AVRUM ,   CANADA   (02.09.09)
YOU ARABS KILLED MORE OF YOUR OWN ARAB CIVILIANS ON PURPOSE, THAN ANYONE ELSE. STUDY ARABIAN-MUSLIM WARS---THE HOLIER THAN THOU MUSLIM ARABS GET RELIGIOUS FERVER AND KILL THE NOT AS HOLY ARAB MUSLIMS.--- THIS IS HISTORICALLY FACTUAL AND THIS HAS BEEN REPEATED NUMEROUS TIMES. YOUR HAMAS IS DOING IT RIGHT NOW TO FATAH PEOPLE. YOU , ABDUL, YASSIR TYPES HAVE NEVER FULLY ACCEPTED THE CONCEPT OF MORALITY OR JUSTICE, OR A FREE PRESS, FREEDOM OF OPINIONS ---- WITH YOU PEOPLE, IT'S VIOLENCE AND REVENGE THAT DOES THE TALKING.
79. Anti-Jewish trend
Shelly ,   Dallas, Texas   (02.09.09)
I am a Christian and I can speak for many other Christians when I say that the growth of antisemitism against our Jewish brothers and sisters has alarmed us. Many, many Christians are praying for Israel and the Jewish people. It infuriates me when I read or watch people blaming the Jews for defending themselves and being called the aggressor becaue they won't sit back while terrorists wage war on them. I pray America will continue to support Israel. SM
80. Mohammed from Jordan
Michael ,   EuroDisney   (02.10.09)
You are wrong in stating that anti-Semitism doesn't exist. I personally have been beaten for being a "dirty Jew", having nothing to do with any Zionist action. You are also correct in stating that opposing Israeli POLICY does not mean that someone hates Jews. Opposing Israeli EXISTENCE does. The problem is that the universe of anti-Semites and that of anti-Zionists have considerable overlap. Zionism is simply the national liberation movement of those who consider themselves part of a Jewish nation. It is not based upon religious belief, but rather on self-identification. In many parts of the world, it is not socially acceptable to hate Jews, and so, Zionists (or Israel) acts as an avatar for Jews. This is why many of Israel's defenders view anti-Zionism as equivalent to anti-Semitism. For a good discussion of this question, read "The Case for Peace" by A. Dershowitz. You may disagree with his conclusions, but he makes a reasoned distinction between between critics of Israel and anti-Semites.
81. Mr. Foxman
Miriam ,   Canada   (02.11.09)
how about America, the home of the ADL? I suggest changing the questions on some of the surveys. Asking leading questions to get higher numbers does not seem very constructive to me and serves no purpose except to reinforce the believe that EVERYBODY hates Israel and the JEWS. The money would be better spent on education. Asking: "Do you believe the Jews are responsible for the current financial crisis", is extremely politically incorrect and racist.
82. lie
knower of lies ,   Ohio usa   (02.13.09)
what you say is a lie #62. That is all.
83. Abe, your surprise that Christians still hate us is part of
David Turner ,   Richmond, USA   (02.13.09)
the problem. As infants antisemitism is imbibed with the milk of their religion. Surely you are aware of this? Anyone who has taken the trouble to read the gospels, or the letters of Paul, or listened to Bachs Passions would recognize the problem. Open their bible to Matthew, where Pilate is so innocently portrayed asking the Jewish mob, “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?” “Crucify him! Let his blood be upon us and on our children" (Matt: 27: 22-25) the Jews are represented as responding. Christkiller Jews, the Deicide People, forever condemned and justifiably punished according to what Christians consider the word of God. Their Jewish Problem began in the first century and continues to this very day. Shoah is no mystery, as some consider it; it is the response of Christendom to the Jews in their midst whenever fear, or frustration, disease or economic turmoil achieve the necessary threshold to target us. Shoah was merely the latest lethal attempt at a final solution to their Jewish Problem. And unlikely to be the last. The Christian Problem for we Jews is, as represented by your position in this article, that we prefer to believe the deception that since our immediate neighbors in our Exceptional chosen Diaspora land have not yet perpetrated such, that we and our children and theirs have finally found acceptance. Our German relatives, following more than 2,000 years residence in their fatherland, far more integrated and assimilated than ever in our previous history, are the example not of the past, but future. And you, our guardian in dispersion, encourage we not look back.
84. It's Anti-Semitism
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (02.26.09)
Because they are attacking temples and Jewish Leaders who don't necessarily show any pro-Israel or Anti-Palestinian attitude. They simply connect Israel with Jew and then carry out radical actions. Seems like even though Israel's army might have been too excessive, Muslims/Palestinians are making themselves look bad abroad as well. Yet, in the end, as always, Antisemitism will outrun Racism. Why? Because there will always be people who truly believe we killed Christ and Muslims who believe every single word of the Koran, especially the parts about hating Jews.
85. World sees 'pandemic of Israeli violence'
American ,   Anywhere, USA   (03.16.10)
And America sees pandemic of Israeli spit in our faces, even after we have given you so much, and stood by you for so long. And you wonder why people end up hating you. If I spent my days acting as Israel has, I would expect nothing less. So please, keep it up, and eventually even the few lowlife slugs in our government that still protect you will give it up and cut you loose to fend for yourselves. And you will receive no pity from America.
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