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Jew-hate going mainstream
Giulio Meotti
Published: 29.02.12, 11:31
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1. Italy too is not immune
Paolo Segre   (02.29.12)
Thanks Meotti for this report, the situation is very dangerous
2. We can t bash continuously ...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.29.12)
the Haredi ,and in the same time be outraged about the world bashing Jews.
3. How talmudic.
antisemite ,   you know   (02.29.12)
At least, they're not such cowards about it.
4. Holocaust denial is a pestilence
Serge Rosen   (02.29.12)
5. Faurissons defender Chomsky, the leftists diety
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (02.29.12)
6. @2 How ignorant. Read the Artscroll introduction to
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (02.29.12)
Talmud Avoda Zara .It says the Talmud refers to idol worshippers not to todays non Jews. To day Jews have a duty to feed the non Jewish poor,visit their sick etc etc.Obviously you are more comfortable with hate sites. Jews are well represented in human rights groups and charities. You wont find that on your hatesites either.
7. Meotti is a self-fulfilling paranoid alarmist...
Rafi ,   US   (02.29.12)
... always focusing on the negative. The anti-Semitic examples he cites - going back to 1982 no less - are no doubt true... BUT THERE IS NO BALANCING INFO WHATSOEVER in his writings. Nothing about the support for Israel, the general anti-Muslim attitudes of Italians or the overall indifference in Italy regarding the Mid East dispute. Miotti obsessively focuses only on whatever negative anti-Semitic info he can find... This is his problem - not that of all Jews.
8. How many dead Israelis&Qassams were enough,"friend" Bishop?
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (02.29.12)
He forgot to mention Hamas chose to fight amongst their own civillians,without uniforms. Cheap distortions lies and half truths say a lot more about the publishers than thire targets. Jews are an easy cheap shot despite their claims to the contrary otherwise they would not do it.
9. If Jews werer not an easy shot they wouldnt be a target
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (02.29.12)
Cant get much cheaper that the cheap lies they can get away with when they target Jews
10. Rafi 44% dont like Jews.Probably the vast majority never met
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (02.29.12)
one. How many percent more needed for you to notice that it might be an issue? Because they hate Moslems does not make it less of an issue
11. to #7 acctually it goes mainstream as
ghostq   (02.29.12)
some population grew larger (immigrants kind).
12. Respect for Jews must start at home
Tracy W   (02.29.12)
Nowhere else in the world there is such shocking government-imposed abuse of Jewish human rights. A few examples: The Israeli government has a long history of expulsion of peaceful, law-abiding Jews from their homes. From entire settlements, to single families. It happens all the time. These police actions take place with unnecessary violence and in the middle of the night. Their belongings are either razed or discarded in garbage dumps. The most vitriolic anti-Semitic articles you can find in the international mainstream media are frequently posted by Israeli top sites - to be read all over the world. Their favorite targets are the religious and the residents of the country's heartland (Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem). Only in Israel do Jews get arrested for praying in a Jewish holy site (Temple Mount). Only in Israel Jewish motorists get singled out for attack based on their religion, and often murdered, while police do nothing. A couple of days ago, in the middle of widespread Arab rioting and attacks on motorists, police were busy dismantling Jewish dwellings in Oz Tzion. And that's only a fraction of the pervasive state-originated and state-sanctioned mistreatment of Jews in Israel. The Israeli government lack of respect for Jewish lives, dignity and heritage conveys a terrible message to the world: that it's OK to hate and mistreat Jews.
13. Rafi #7 FYI
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (02.29.12)
This is an ISRAELI newspaper and Israel is a JEWISH country. The number of attacks on Muslims since 9/11 is less than 1/1000th of the attacks on Jews for the same time period. The Italians may not like Arabs but they hate us.
14. The is watching and sees the truth being played out...!
Edithann ,   USA   (02.29.12)
'DENIAL'' thy name is Jew in Israel and Diaspora.... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4196645,00.html TATA
15. Ora , during WWII
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (02.29.12)
Some in this country said : Fight nazi germany with the british asa if there was no probklem here , fight the british as if there is no war against nazi germany . We can , and need , to fight both evils [ you made the relation between both ]
16. Another brave Meotti shot
sara mandel   (02.29.12)
17. its always the jewish history that has been challenged never
other nations! ,   mira israel   (02.29.12)
18. 6 Peter Excuse me?
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.29.12)
What you said is so smart,that i didn t understand a word.Sorry.
19. 15 Charles Fighting evil,yes ,but...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (02.29.12)
not with stereotyping.This is hate incitement.
20. Italy?
David ,   USA/Israel   (02.29.12)
When I think "Italy," I think "Rome." When I think "Rome." I think of all things hateful to Jews and the Land given to Avraham, Ytz'chaq, and Ya'acov. They were allies of hitler. Rome has been an enemy of Isra'el since the death of Alexander the Great. Why are we so surprised at Roman anti-semitism? Rome, the home of Nero and the Pope.
21. Ora , everyone is stereotyped !
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (02.29.12)
Religious , seculars , left , right , etc . And all the GOOD ones pay for the bad ones .
22. ALL JEWS MUST UNDERSTAND THE DANGER
ZIMBI ,   NJUSA   (03.01.12)
TORAH STUDY WILL NOT SAVE YOU PLEASE AWAKE WITH FULLY COMPREHENDING EYES
23. Here's the Bottom Line
Chester ,   Miami, Fl   (03.01.12)
There is a huge conflict between holocaust sources and Earth's natural forces. People with a science based education find it very easy to align with those pesky revisionists. It's time to purge the lies from the holocaust story and present forensic facts.
24. Boycott Italy for holidays-Greece rather
sharona ,   sydney   (03.01.12)
Boycott Italy. But if you must, then only support Jewish owned businesses and eateries.But don't worry Italy will soon be in the same hole Greece finds itself
25. Italys mainstream = Catholic = antisemitic !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.01.12)
26. To: No. 23
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.01.12)
Why not just read the transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials, and the war crimes trials in Poland? That's the historical record, and it happens to include forensic facts. Those same forensic facts have been gloriously preserved on film. The best thing that Eisenhower did was to order that EVERYTHING in the concentration camps liberated by the Western powers be photographed and filmed. Do you know who was hired to do that? None other than Alfred Hitchcock. He was on record as saying that he didn't consider any of his films to be frightening. He said the only frightening things he ever filmed were at Nazi concentration camps. Evidently, he had recurring nightmares for the balance of his life. Well, so did my parents, z"l. They were both concentration camp survivors. Earth's natural forces? Genocide is your idea of a "natural force?" You are one pretty sick puppy.
27. Chester , you need a proof of the Holocaust
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (03.01.12)
Yad Vashem has the names of more than TREE MILLON victims . Those names were submitted by survivers . Sometimes whole families were murdered , so there's nobody left to testify . The nazis themselves hold records of their "actions" . You can probably look at some in their archives where they wrote about the actions of the "sonderkommandos" , created to murder as many Jews as possible . There are pictures too of their "acts" . I'll ask you , were are the members of my mother's family who lived in Tschecoslovakia ? My father's parents ? They all were murdered during the Holocaust . You need "forensic" proofs ? Many have gone in smoke , more than a million in Auschwitz .
28. #14 edithann
solomon ,   bklyn   (03.01.12)
Every group has its problems. Not every group vilifies another with hateful lies. Yours does. "Denial and Hate", thy name is edithann and her ilk, in talkbacks and in the real world while they dwell in their own fantasy world. tata
29. Anti-Semitism
Syd Chaden ,   Palermo Calif USA   (03.01.12)
This is an anti-Semitic world, largely populated by anti-Semitic people. Jews can either face up to that, or they can live in a make-believe world, like the liberal American Jews do. But, the world is not only becoming more anti-Semitic, it is becoming anti-Christian. That is not a change for the Islamic World, but it is for the world of infidels. If the haters are successful in eradicating Judaism and Christianity, there will be only Muslims and infidels, and you know what the Koran says about infidels.
30. These are excellent points.
Reuven   (03.02.12)
Favoritism and leniency toward Arabs in Israel must stop. This is the world's only Jewish state.
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