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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
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Originally posted by Agathon
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The party is headed for the dustheap of history. |
At least we'll get you first.  |
sadly, you already have.
"That Stalin had embarked upon a policy of eradicating Jewish institutions became apparent in the winter of 1948 with the murder of the noted actor-director Solomon Michoels, and the subsequent closing of the Yiddish State Theatre in Moscow. This was followed by mass arrests of Yiddish writers, among them the poets Peretz Markish, Leib Kwitko, David Hoffstein and Itzik Fefer, and novelists David Bergelson and Der Nister. Some 30 Yiddish writers were executed on Aug. 12, 1952, but the secret was kept long after Stalin had died. In October, 1955, during the United Nations Assembly's session in New York, a high Soviet official still denied the "rumors" about the disappearance of Yiddish writers. Questioned specifically by this writer about the whereabouts of Peretz Markish, the Soviet Foreign Ministry's press chief unblinkingly told a story about having seen him in Pravda's office not long before"
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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
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Here is Foxmans own statement of his position. Many Jews, including many dedicated Zionists, dont agree with him, but hes entitled to his position.
'Blurring the Line
By Abraham H. Foxman
National Director of the Anti-Defamation League
This article originally appeared in Haaretz on April 4, 2004
Invariably, the most frequent question I am asked is, "Can't I be critical of Israel or be anti-Zionist without being labeled an anti-Semite?" Invariably, my answer is, "Yes, but ..." And it is with that "but" that I try to make the questioner understand how easily the line can be crossed between legitimate criticism of a sovereign nation, and the demonization and delegitimization of the Jewish people, its nationalism and its state.
I tell the questioner that everyone has the right to criticize Israel, just as they have the right to criticize the United States, Great Britain, Argentina, Taiwan or Nigeria. Even harsh condemnation of Israeli policy is not on its own anti-Semitic, and it is irresponsible to brand every critic of Israel as an enemy of the Jewish people. Indeed, I say, some of the toughest criticism of Israel is to be found in the Israeli press, which is as free and multivoiced as any in the world.
However, we have developed a number of litmus tests to assess when criticism of Israel crosses the line. Is Israel being repeatedly singled out for criticism and blame? Is Israel being held to a double standard - being denounced while a blind eye is turned to the excesses and offenses of other nations? Is it Israeli policy that is the subject of criticism, or is it the existence of the Jewish state and Jews as a whole?
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been hijacked, resulting in an explosion of global anti-Semitism. It has provided a camouflage of semi-respectability. The attacks are not about a nation state, they are about Jews. A hideous and grotesque double standard clearly exists in my mind. Anti-Zionism has long been a code word for anti-Semitism. We have had to define for ourselves when anti-Israel and anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.
First, let me say anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. There should be no debate about that. After all, what is anti-Zionism but the denial of Jewish nationalism? Nothing made it clearer than when it came out in the UN's "Zionism is racism" resolution. It is pure, simple, unadulterated anti-Semitism. What it says is what is okay, what is permissible, what is laudatory, what is universally accepted for all peoples in the world - self-expression, self-determination, independence, sovereignty - is not permitted to Jews. That is what it says. It doesn't say Irish nationalism is racist or Congolese nationalism or French or Palestinian nationalism. It says Jewish nationalism is racist. That is pure and simple anti-Semitism.
Anti-Zionism reared its ugly head in Durban at the UN Conference Against Racism, in August 2001, when all the ills in the world were shunted aside so that Zionism and the Jewish state could be denounced front and center as racist.
There are also the questions: Is the newspaper article or editorial anti-Israel or anti-Semitic? Is the columnist anti-Israel or anti-Semitic? We have developed guidelines here, too. For example, does a Pat Buchanan [a conservative American political analyst] raise questions of moral behavior, of standards of decorum of nations? Does he raise those issues across the board? If he does, then it is okay to question Israel. Then you ask, in all of Buchanan's writings, has he found anything about the Jewish state that was worthy of praise? Those who only find fault with the Jewish people, the Jewish state and the actions of the Jewish sovereignty, and never find anything that is positive, are anti-Semites under the guise of anti-Zionism and anti-Israel sentiment.
The fact is that the cumulative effect of articles by so-called anti-Israel critics leads to a blurring of the line of what is legitimate criticism of policies of the State of Israel, and what is the demonization of Jews. The result is the raising of society's tolerance level for anti-Semitism.
In the most extreme examples, this tolerance for anti-Semitism has resulted in the justification of egregious acts of anti-Semitism as merely an expression of opposition to Israeli policies. When anti-Jewish violence erupted across France, government leaders, the media and other opinion-molders were hesitant to denounce it as anti-Semitism, because the torching of synagogues in their minds was understood within the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Today, the international community sits in virtual silence when media in the Arab/Muslim world promote through their propaganda the most heinous conspiracy theories about Jews, because it is viewed through the prism of criticism of Israel.
Opponents of specific Israeli policies can argue their position based on facts and opinions, and they can expect to be challenged by supporters of these Israeli policies on the merits of such arguments. However, when that criticism is directed at the entire Jewish people or questions the legitimacy of the Jewish state, it is an expression of anti-Semitism. '
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