1. anti-Semitism?
Zeev Raphael , |
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(05.05.16) |
There may be some confusion here. I think that much of what we call anti-Semitism is nothing but legitimate criticism of some of our policies…
My wife and I left England for Israel about 60 years ago, way back in 1955. Newly married, we lived in the not very fashionable Shepherds Bush of London. One day I had to make a phone call. I went to the nearby tube station. I had no change, and ask a newspaper vendor for change for six-pence. “Here you are!” he said. “Do you want a paper?” “No thanks!” His reply: “Wot, are ya’ saving up to go to Palestine?” I answered him politely: “Yes, as a matter of fact, I am!”.
Some people would call this anti-Semitism. I think it is nothing but harmless British banter…
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