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Really? Most of that is common sense, and not anti-semitic by any definition of the word. Legolas Send a noteboard - 17/02/2015 07:26:52 PM

Yes, it was unfortunate to mention increased security for the Jewish community and the Muslim one in the same breath - the threats facing both are certainly not of the same order of magnitude. But it's true that mosques have been targeted just like synagogues, and let's not kid ourselves: things just don't work out so neatly that those Muslims who are the victims of racism or Islamophobia are always those who are themselves guilty of anti-semitism and deserving of a lesson in kind. Most of the victims of racism or racially/religiously motivated violence are the innocents. In my city, we had an incident (during the last Gaza conflict) where an elderly Jewish lady fell and called a doctor, who showed himself reluctant to come help her, because of what was going on in Gaza). He was roundly condemned from all sides and officially reprimanded - but would the same situation have been any less bad if the lady had been Iraqi and the doctor had referred to IS? And it's not like that wouldn't happen.

Mind you, I'm not saying the media, particularly the leftist media, is blameless. They do indeed show a bias and seem to have expectations of Israel that are just not realistic or reasonable. But there's a point where finding an insult or "anti-semitism" in every unfortunate word choice crosses the line into paranoia. Netanyahu's own statements to European Jews were a lot more insulting than the Metro reporting on them.

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How anti-semitic is Europe? - 17/02/2015 03:01:59 AM 1115 Views
Too bad they have such strict gun control - 17/02/2015 06:54:55 AM 1002 Views
Really? Most of that is common sense, and not anti-semitic by any definition of the word. - 17/02/2015 07:26:52 PM 755 Views
I agree. Netanyahu was wrong and populist saying that. *NM* - 18/02/2015 09:28:25 AM 388 Views
Not to mention it's not quite the first time - 18/02/2015 01:01:32 PM 949 Views
Meh - 17/02/2015 08:55:08 AM 885 Views
Heh. He hates Israel and feels no anti-semitism eh ? - 17/02/2015 09:50:43 AM 804 Views
He's Israeli, though. I guess he has his reasons *shrug* - 17/02/2015 10:07:28 AM 806 Views
So which is it, is Europe too accommodating or not accommodating enough? - 17/02/2015 07:05:44 PM 800 Views
I think you may be misreading Ameirca - 17/02/2015 09:20:26 PM 791 Views
We killed all of the natives, though - 17/02/2015 09:51:47 PM 825 Views
I think you may be misreading my post. I do agree with most of yours actually. - 17/02/2015 10:11:29 PM 910 Views
don't you think socializm and welfare have something to do with it ? - 18/02/2015 07:04:31 AM 808 Views
No. - 18/02/2015 08:28:34 AM 1133 Views
Touchy - 18/02/2015 09:05:48 AM 785 Views
Government dependence does seem to be working well in Greece *NM* - 18/02/2015 01:26:43 PM 409 Views
Socialism IS a bad thing, though - 18/02/2015 03:38:50 PM 756 Views
Maybe to some extent, but I don't think that's a big factor. - 18/02/2015 07:05:37 PM 843 Views

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