I've often been accused of 'cynically' conflating the term Judaism with Zionism, which is utter bull... but, but do Anti-semites and Anti -Zionists have anything in common. Let me be helpful , ecumenical and set the record straight :
Explanation
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Anti-Semitism
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Anti-Zionism
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Official Definition
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Hatred of Jews
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Hatred of the Jewish state
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What do its most vociferous proponents ultimately
want
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Physical destruction of the entire Jewish race
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Physical destruction of the entire Jewish state
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What is the core belief
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The Jews are the root cause of most suffering in
the world
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The Jewish state is the root cause of most
suffering in the world
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What it based on
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The singling out and demonization of Jews – and
Jews alone - based on a set of complete lies about the political, economic,
social and religious behaviour of Jews
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The singling out and demonization of the Jewish
state – and the Jewish state alone - based on a set of complete lies about
the political, economic, social and religious behaviour of the Jewish state
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How is it currently sustained
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Continued and incessant lies about Jews – much of
it emanating from Muslim countries - promulgated in the media and on the web
– that is rarely if ever challenged
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Continued and incessant lies about the Jewish
State – much of it emanating from Muslim countries - promulgated in the media
and on the web– that is rarely if ever challenged
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Typical media presentation
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Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world and
eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jews killing non-Jewish children.
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Cartoons of big fat Jews who control the world
and eat non-Jewish babies; cartoons of Jewish soldiers killing Arab children
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Who currently are the most virulent proponents
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Muslims, left-wing political
activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews
In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 96% of the
population ‘hate Jews’
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Muslims, left-wing political
activists, Black panthers, right-wing extremists, racists, self-hating Jews
In Muslim countries Pew surveys report 98% of the
population ‘hate Israel’
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Most common beliefs
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Jews are baby-killers;
Jews bake the blood of Christian children in their Passover matzos; Jews did 9/11 The Jews control America, Britain, France (add any country you like, including even Arab ones) like The Jews control the world banking system, the United Nations (add any international organization you like) |
Zionists are baby-killers;
Zionists bake the blood of Arab children in their
Passover matzos;
Zionists did 9/11
Zionists control America, Britain, France (add
any country you like, including even Arab ones) like
Zionists control the world banking system, the
United Nations (add any international organization you like)
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Typical everyday
behaviour
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Criticizing Jews for certain character traits
(such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are actually far more
prominent in all other ethnic and religious groups
Criticising Jews for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Jews use these traits to trick and steal from non-Jews’ |
Criticizing the Jewish State for certain
character traits (such as meanness, aggressiveness, deviousness) that are
actually far more prominent in all other countries
Criticizing Jews for their genuinely good character traits (such as intelligence and business acumen) as in ‘The Zionists use these traits to trick and steal from the Arabs’ |
More ‘active’
behaviour
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Boycott Jewish
businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned shops and their products,
including daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.
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Boycott Jewish
owned Israeli businesses; vandalise Jewish-owned Israeli shops and their
products, including daubing Swastikas and Stars of David.
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What especially
angers proponents
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· Jews defending themselves from attack;
· Any Jewish success in science and culture
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· The Jewish state defending itself from attack;
· Any Israeli success in science and culture
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What they have
never heard of or must never be mentioned
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The total
destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of
Israel
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The total
destruction of Jewish communities in Muslim lands after the establishment of
Israel
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Beliefs about the
Holocaust
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The holocaust is
largely a myth perpetuated to gain sympathy for Israel
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The holocaust is
largely a myth perpetuated to gain sympathy for Israel. The only real
holocaust was committed by Zionists against the Palestinians
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About the killing
of Jews by the Nazis
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If it happened at
all it was a natural reaction against Jewish crimes
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If it really
happened then the Jews must have had it coming to them. After all Zionism
equals Nazism.
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About the killing
of Jews by Arab terrorists
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If it really
happens then the Jews must have had it coming to them
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If it happens at
all it is a natural reaction against Zionist crimes
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About violence
generally
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Jews are
legitimate targets for violence
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Zionist Jews are
legitimate targets for violence
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Who are their
heroes
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Hitler
- because he “stood up to the Jews”
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Saddam Hussein,
Ahmedinejad and any other Muslim bigot you can think of – because they “stood
up to the
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Mandatory reading
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Protocols of the
Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon
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Protocols of the
Elder of Zion, anything by Gilad Atzmon
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Most hated thing
in the whole world
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The State of
Israel
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The State of
Israel
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