The author quickly accuses people of antisemitism and gives some (carefully worded) examples. Yet, as always, the story is more nuanced. To give two examples: The author states that Jostein Gaarder wrote an essay saying that "Israel has lost the right to exist." Yet when I read the original article, there is a sentence in there which states: "We recognize the State of Israel of 1948, but not the one of 1967." At the end, Gaarder also comes out against any more killing of people. So, the truth is more nuanced. Read the article at: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14532.htm Then the example of French Sociologist Edgar Morin, who dubbed, according to the author, Israel "a cancer." Yet when I look up the book in question, the title reads "Israël-Palestine : le cancer" and they state that the conflict is born out of the deep feelings and trauma at both sides. See this review: http://www.archipress.org/reda/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=31 You can definitely disagree with people like Gaarder and Morin, but you have to do them justice, and read well what they have exactly said. Taking up the juiciest quotes is too easy. It is my feeling that in this entire conflict the middle is being lost, the willingness and ability to compromise, to find a pragmatic solution, to see the light in the eyes of the other. This is happening at both sides. Such a polarization, a feeling that "my country, right or wrong" must be defended, can go very wrong. I hope that both sides find the ability to talk, to compromise and to respect each other.

Auschwitz was not a place where people were confined. Auschwitz was a place where the Jews were taken for extermination. "Auschwitz borders" refers to borders that will allow them to implement their plan, declared in 1920, to exterminate the Jews. The Arabs in Judea and Samaria have a standard of living that exceeds most of the Arab world. They have the lowest rate of infant and post-natal maternal mortality. They get admitted to Israeli hospitals for advanced medical treatment unavailable anywhere in the Arab world. In Auschwitz there were no Jewish births, no Jewish pregnancies, no Jewish education and no life expectancy. Jews saw doctors for only one reason: obscene medical experiments. The word that describes Saramago and his supporters are unpublishable.

...is that I'm hearing the same sort of apologetics for Arab terrorism from local council politicians in SCOTLAND,just miles from where I live. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

these scum define Israel's cause.

AS ONLY A FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTANDS THEIR EXTRAVAGANT IDEAS THEY USE THE CHEAP #JEW HATING# RHETHORIQUE TO BE REMEMBERED !!

Today my husband and I walked past The Cumberland Club in Portland, Maine. My husband commented that we had had an acquaintance that worked there. Within 50 years that club had a policy of "No Jews allowed." It all changed a while after the Civil Rights Act which provided equal rights not only to Blacks, but to Jews as well. Anti-semitism is making a comeback while we just elected the first mullato president.

#31.. Europe is a prime example of failure regarding respecting and compromise with fellow man. You make a vain and failed attempt at preaching " compromise " to Israel when you yourself failed at it miserably. You also tried to whitewash the anti-semitic positions of some of the people in this article with your own "juicy" intectual-type points.

You try to defend anti-semites with your analogies and comments. You are attempting to be a smart person, but you lack any decent common sense and logic.

Edgar Morin is Jew. He was a heroe in the II War World. He fighted against the nazis. That may be so, Israel is a Cancer, it need chemotherapy to get rid of Gaza and part of Jerusalem to survive.

That may be so, Israel is a Cancer, need chemotherapy to get rid of Gaza and part of Jerusalem to survive.

Mexico has huge violence and deaths of 40,000 people since 2006 related to the drug war. In Durango 300 corpses were found in mass graves . Mexican Cancer must be removed by getting chemotherapy help for Durango and city of Ciudad Juarez.