Comments on: Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Zionism

By: MURKERJI.

MURKERJI. — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:56:27 +0000

juadism should not be confused with zionism one is is relgoius thing the other is like natinalist/racist thing commonly called zionism thses days.

By: mafzal

mafzal — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:54:34 +0000

i would like to say judaism is completely separte thing from zionism one is a regloius thing of a gruop of people the other is a nationalist/racist ideloghy called zionism.

By: Esther (Iran)

Esther (Iran) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:24:38 +0000

against Jews (I meant to add)

By: Esther (Iran)

Esther (Iran) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:24:08 +0000

Amith, It would be anti-Muslim to suggest that Muslims kill Christian children so that they can use their blood in rituals… or to claim that the destruction of the world trade centers in New York were part of some vast worldwide Islamic plot and that there were no Muslims working in the towers that day, wouldn’t it? These are exactly the types of charges that define anti-Semitism. And there are people all over the world who make them.

By: Amith

Amith — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:49:46 +0000

You come to this “anti-Semitic” conclusion because you fail to distinguish Zionism, Judaism, and the Jewish people. “Jewish” is a very vague term. It is perfectly rational to criticize a religious belief, and often times people (including the ADL) justify Zionism on religious grounds as if they are now clear from any criticism. And it is ludicrous. Years ago pogroms and the Spanish Inquisition were justified on a religious basis. Religion and people’s personal faiths are not a legitimate, fact-based, or ethical way to justify any political movement such as Zionism. So whether or not they are “true Jews” is irrelevant. If Judaism espouses Zionism, and they claim to truly follow Jewish doctrine (which they might not) then it is not anti-Semitism, because it simply criticism of political (Zionism) and religious (Judaism) ideology — like criticizing Islamic fundamentalism by pointing out Jihad. It doesn’t man you’re an anti-Muslim for disagreeing with them on issues of religion. The same should apply to Jews. It is not anti-Jewish to criticize Judaism or elements of Judaism, and the same should be applied to Zionism which is a subsequent political ideology.

By: Omri

Omri — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:18:20 +0000

Ray, if you’re going to speak of Haj Amin, you should not whitewash his record. He knew there were exterminations going on. He helped implement them.

By: Omri

Omri — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:16:39 +0000

If you want to be considered anti-Zionist and not anti-semitic, there’s one easy way: propose a credible alternative Jews might take instead of Zionism. Credible, as in doesn’t require fairies riding unicorns to show up and implement with wands and fairy dust. Credible, as in a Jew might buy into it.

I won’t hold my breath. I’ve yet to see such a thing coming from any Muslim. So, I remain a Zionist.

By: Esther

Esther — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:02:41 +0000

lwj

(laughing with Jina)

By: Jina

Jina — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:52:31 +0000

I think so any discriminates comes from uneducated people. I had educated friends from all over the world with different religions, we didn’t have problem because we could talk and discuss about almost everything.

ROFL

By: Don Cox

Don Cox — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:33:41 +0000

” if somebody wipe a country from the planet! so what will happen to people inside of the country?”

It seems unlikely that all the Israelis who came from neighbouring countries or from Iran would be welcomed back and treated as equal citizens. Many of them are in Israel precisely because they were driven from their homes in the first place.