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To: cokecan

"plenty of distate for israeli actions"

Yes. That is it precisely. That gets played out against all Jews all over Europe including the UK.

But even against Israel alone it is anti-Semitic. Please don't misread me. Criticism of Israel is perfectly fine. But not when it singles out Israel as the worst, most eggregious and worthy of shall we say the most "distaste."

The three 'D' - Double standard, Deligitimazation and Demonization. That's how you know it.

To what do you attribute the ""plenty of distate for israeli actions?"


39 posted on 03/13/2006 5:56:02 PM PST by dervish ("And what are we becoming? The civilization of melted butter?")
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To: dervish

re: 'plenty of distate'.

Israel is seen as an educated, civilised, humane, powerful state. bulldozing homes, shooting rock-throwing idiots and annexing land is seen as somehow 'beneath' the standards expected of such a state. hence the vitriolic nature of the criticism, were Israel to be percieved as backward and brutal then such policies would be percieved as 'natural' as well as disgusting.


41 posted on 03/14/2006 5:05:41 PM PST by cokecan
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