'Reclaiming Anti-Semitism' Refuted

Yair Davidiy on behalf of Brit-Am counters an attempt to hijack the struggle against anti-Semitism to the anti-Jewish pro-Arab Quisling Cause.
 


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"Reclaiming Anti-Semitism Refuted"
Yair Davidiy on behalf of Brit-Am counters an attempt to hijack the struggle against anti-Semitism to the anti-Jewish pro-Arab Quisling Cause.

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Reclaiming Anti-Semitism
by Mitchell
Plitnick

Mitchell Plitnick, from Jewish Voice for Peace, argues that proponents of peace and justice in Palestine must take the fight against anti-semitism back from those who manipulate it towards unconditional support for Israel's policies.

Those of us who are involved in activism around Israel/Palestine, and take a position critical of the standard American and Israeli views of the conflict are constantly peppered with accusations of anti-Semitism; or, in the case of Jews, we are told we are "self-hating"..

The author of this article must indeed hate Jews even if he is Jewish and whether or not this is "self-hating"!

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Indeed, for Jews active on this issue, it becomes incumbent upon us to prominently and frequently argue that criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitic.
Anti-Semites frequently argue that the Arabs are Semites and therefore cannot be anti-Semites and therefore, they imply they (or those speaking on their behalf) may say what they like about the "Jews" or "Zionists"and not be regarded as anti-Semites.
"Anti-Semite" however means "anti-Jewish" and nothing else.
Another anti-Jewish trick  is to say that the Israelis are Zionists and not "Jewish" and therefore it is legitimate to advocate destruction of the State of Israel.
The "Jews" for them are an almost non-existent entity that seems to reside only in ciber space.
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It can get frustrating. Constantly engaging in the same argument is bad enough, but when that argument is over something that should be obvious -- such as the right to criticize the actions of a state with one of the world's strongest militaries
The armed forces of Israel exist to protect Jews from being exterminated by hundreds of millions of Muslims with their European friends arrayed against us just because we are Jewish.
It is easy to see why the existence of these forces disturbs the equilibrium of
pro-Palestinians!
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which has been in occupation of another people for 35 years -- .
He is right. Rather than being "occupied" the Arabs should be encouraged to emigrate.
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the argument becomes all the more tiresome. In fact, it can become so tiresome that many people, Jewish or non-Jewish, who have to deal with it can easily become so frustrated that they cannot or do not wish to hear about genuine issues of anti-Semitism.
Those who are against the State of Israel are invariably themselves anti-Semites and Quislings. Of course they are "weary" of hearing the rights of Jews being defended.
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It is fast becoming the cry of "wolf" that can portend a horrible fate down the road.
Pro-Palestinian advocates such as those associated with the author of this article openly advocate the destruction of the State of Israel and this view appears to be shared by many of their "liberal" readership  who nevertheless will also claim that they are not anti-Jewish.
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The argument has frequently served to be very disruptive to opposition to American policies in the Middle East, as has been demonstrated again recently in the very unfortunate flap over Michael Lerner's absence from the invited speakers' list at the anti-war demonstration to be held this Sunday in Iraq.
Michael Lerner is a Reform "Rabbi" active in left-wing circles who frequently writes anti-Israel diatribes.

Apparently the Arab-Lovers declined to invite the token Jew-boy to their party.
Shame on them.

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What is it we speak of when talking about anti-Semitism? The term itself is a source of some controversy. While the term "Semite" refers to a linguistic group which includes both Arabic and Hebrew, the term "anti-Semitism" was coined by a German Jew-hater, Wilhelm Marr, in the late 19th century. He coined the phrase to refer to a new form of Judeophobia, one which is based on purported racial characteristics. In order to have a term that was easier to pass along than "Judenhass" (hatred of Jews), as well as a new phrase for his theory and one which denied the European heritage of European Jewry, he took what was at the time an obscure linguistic term and applied it to his racial theory of Jews and his ideas as to why they were genetically pre-disposed to threaten European society. The actual term "Semite" is simply a way of grouping speakers of particular languages, including Arabic and Hebrew, and some other, mostly dead, languages. But anti-Semitism was, ironically, coined against Jews alone, despite the fact that, at the time, exceedingly few Jews spoke Hebrew.
Nowadays most Israelis speak Hebrew and Hebrew has become a living language in the Diaspora as well largely by virtue of Israel. Anti-"Zionists" however, such as those who identify with the author of the article try to give the impression that Israel is not really "Jewish",
The "Jews" referred to here by the author are the token quisling Jew-boys who complain about not being invited to the demonstrations and missing out on their free ham sandwiches and EU-supplied expense monies.
Life is hard.
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Even up to today, it has been many centuries since any Semitic language was the primary language of the majority of Jews worldwide. Arabs, on the other hand, are, by definition, Semites, but were beyond the racist consciousness of Marr, who never encountered them.
The Holocaust was the ultimate expression of Marr's racial conception of anti-Semitism; all the more so because it was different in character and nature from the centuries of persecution on religious grounds that Jews had faced in Europe. The effects were devastating, even beyond the unimaginable death and torment the Nazi persecution caused (not only to Jews, it helps to recall; millions of others were slaughtered in the camps as well, though we were the primary targets). The trauma of the Holocaust for all Jews, and especially Europeans, remains very much with us to this day. The Holocaust represented the ultimate betrayal of Jewish hopes that the modern, secular ideologies of socialism, communism and liberalism would at last free us from the centuries of persecution. It convinced many Jews that we would always be at risk, that at any moment, no matter how good things seemed, the pogroms and exile would start all over again, and that the world does and would always hate us. Entire Jewish movements virtually died in the Holocaust (including several different non-Zionist nationalist movements). But there were other effects as well, different from what one might expect. Institutionalized discrimination against Jews in the West came under fierce attack as shame over what had been done in Europe spread. It was not an immediate process, of course; the practice of barring Jews from entry into various neighborhoods or clubs persisted in the United States in the 1970s. And today, with few exceptions, most Jews live freely without any significant social obstacles to work or finding homes. This needs to be cause for Jewish celebration.

We must not forget the Holocaust, nor ignore the fact that some of our greatest historical tragedies have come on the heels of some of our greatest periods of prosperity. But the road to sustaining our security lies not in fear of a repeat of our greatest trauma, but in vigilance, consciousness and cooperation with our many allies in creating a world where all forms of hatred based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or any other innate characteristics has no power to threaten people. .
The left-wing activists who support Arabs should take their tales about combating "all forms of hatred based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or any other innate characteristics" to the Arabs including those in Gaza and the PA whom they support.
In those place homosexuals are executed whether on the official level or by condoned vigilante actions; female victims of rape are murdered for defiling family "honor" and the killers treated leniently if at all prosecuted.
Cutting of the clitoris and other past of female anatomy is regularly practiced on little girls often by chortling women wielding dirty razor blades.
If you think I exaggerate do a SEARCH on U-tube and see it live.
Check the statistics and numerous articles written by Arab human-rights people.
The left-wingers should indeed show a bit of respect for inhabitants of the Arab world.
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Does this mean that anti-Semitism no longer exists? Indeed, not. In the United States, many white supremacist groups (the KKK, neo-Nazi groups, Christian Identity groups and others) continue their campaigns against Jews, along with women, GLBT folks and, of course, people of color. More and more, the relative success of Jews in the United States and some parts of Europe has spawned some reactionary rekindling of late 19th/early 20th century Jewish conspiracy theories, harkening back to the infamous Russian forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (a Czarist era tract purporting to dictate a Jewish/Masonic program of global domination).
All these admittedly anti-Semitic tracts do not say anything much different than standard "left-wing" anti-"Zionist" propaganda does, but then that is different in the view of quislings.
At least the neo-Nazis dogs are relatively "honest" concerning their intentions.
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Still, it must be understood that, as potentially dangerous and certainly disturbing as these things are, they do not represent anything like the sorts of obstacles and threats in day-to-day living that many disenfranchised and oppressed people face all the time, and which we have been all too familiar throughout most of our history. Again, this should be a cause for celebration among Jews. While anti-Semitism, in its myriad forms, has ebbed and flowed over the centuries, few indeed are the periods in our history that match the level of security and prosperity Jews have found in the United States and Western Europe today. Yet, make mention of this, and many of us become defensive, as if the thought that things are so good for Jews, relative to our history, threatens to put us off our guard, so that if danger rises again we would not be prepared to meet it and survive. It is crucial for the long-term health of the Jewish people that we strike a much better balance between recognizing how good things are for Jews where most of us are living today and with being vigilant against the return of darker times.

When it comes to the issues around Israel, the question of anti-Semitism takes on much greater importance. Much is made of growing anti-Semitism in the Arab world. In Arab countries there are exceedingly few Jews
There are few Jews in Arab lands since after centuries of persecution and degradation they left after hordes of Arabs attacked them killing many and seriously harming others. The Arabs also robbed them and took their property
as well as in many cases their women and children.
The numbers of Jews who fled from Arab lands is equal to or exceeds the numbers of Palestinian "refugees".
The extent of property and its value taken from Jews by Arabs far exceeds that of all of "Palestine" as it was when the Jews [sorry "Zionists" whom it is claimed by pro-Palestinians are not really Jews] took over.
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in most none at all, and all the Jews most people in those countries see are Israeli leaders, soldiers and settlers, and occasional American Jews who voice views at least as hawkish. Still, it is easy to see why people would see such a phenomenon as proof that the Arab view of the conflict with Israel is motivated not by dispossession or concern over Western domination of the Middle East, but by the hatred of Jews.
That is right and hatred of Jews is the only logical explanation for the attitude of anti-"Zionists" everywhere.
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When a group of people are absent from one's life
Why are Jews "absent" from Arab life in Arab countries and Arab dominated areas?
Because the Arabs killed and still kill them.
Even now in the Land of Israel in areas dominated by Arabs a Jew is liable to be beaten, molested, or lynched just for accidentally passing through.
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and one sees only frightening images of them, this provides the most fertile soil for bigotry.
Of course the Arabs lack bigotry in other cases do they not?
Just ask the many Black Christian and Pagan slaves held by Muslims and the Black non-Arabic speaking inhabitants of Dafur in the Sudan.
And if these examples are not often, do not worry.
There are many more.
Why have most of the Christians left Lebanon?
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Little reason is given for Arabs to distinguish between the actions of the Israeli government, of which they see only the very worst, and the Jewish people, who are purportedly represented by the Jewish State. Thus, the proliferation of sales of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and the occasional quotes from some Arab leaders, both official and popular, which are eagerly picked up by the mainstream media that reflect great hostility to Jews. Of course, there were those who had antipathy for Jews well before the state of Israel and even the Zionist movement were established, .
That is right.
The Arabs were pro-Nazis and actively anti-Jewish even before the Nazis.
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but it is a historical reality that, although Jews did not generally enjoy legal rights equal to Muslims in most of the Arab and Muslim world, our experience there was far better, far more free from persecution, than our experience in Europe. It might not have been a paradise of equality, but in the context of the times, the Jewish experience in the Muslim world was far better than the experience of Jews and other minorities elsewhere.
This is a common Urban Legend eagerly spread by pro-Arabs and misguided traitors to Western Civilization.
Consider what Maimonides (himself personal physician to Saladin) said about how the Arabs treated Jews in his Letter to the Jews of Yemen who were themselves under Arab domination:
 

Excerpt from Maimonides,
"Letter to Yemen"
concerning Mohammed and Islam
[Loose Literal Translation. Words of explanation in square [..] brackets.]
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##Let Ye understand, my brothers, the Holy One Blessed HE through the trap created by our iniquities cast us amongst this nation, the people of Ishmael [Muslim Arabs] whose oppressiveness is firmly upon us and they connive to do us wrong and despicably downgrade us as the Almighty decreed against us (Deuteronomy 32:31, "Your enemies shall judge you"). There never came against Israel a more antagonistic nation. They oppress us with the most oppressive measures to lessen our number, reduce us, and make us as despicable as they themselves are. King David, may he rest in peace, saw through Divine Inspiration all the calamities that were destined to come upon Israel. Nevertheless [even though he saw all the other troubles], he still began to shout out and lament in the name of the whole nation against the oppression that would be occasioned by the Ishmaelites. David said, "WOE IS ME, THAT I SOJOURN IN MESECH, THAT I DWELL IN THE TENTS OF KEDAR!" [Psalms 120:5].##
##Notice how David emphasizes "
Kedar" out of all the other Children of Ishmael. This is because that Mad Man [Hebrew: "meshuga" i.e. Mahomed] came from Kedar according to what has been published concerning his genealogy.##
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Maimonides is referring to the fact that Mohammed was from the Koresh clan of Arabs and they claimed descent from Kedar son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13).
-Maimonides continues to explain from Daniel 8:10 that Ishmael will ultimately be defeated by Israel.
Source: Maimonides, "Letter to Yemen" 1:4.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Maimonides ("Rambam", 1135-1204). Born in Muslim Spain, he was one of the greatest Jewish legal authorities and religious philosophers. Maimonides served as personal physician to Saladin King of Egypt. He was reported to have been offered a post by Richard-I of England but to have refused it.
 
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The question in the US is made even more complicated by the presence of real anti-Semites on both sides. Dispensationalist Christian evangelicals, such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson promote their end-of-days vision - which depends on a fulfillment of the prophecy of a Jewish return to Zion - where Armageddon will see the Jews all converted or destroyed, by a fanatical support of Israel. It is worthwhile to remember that this branch of right-wing Christianity is the source of much of the power of the incorrectly-named "Jewish lobby". The Christian Right is what gives pro-Israel lobbying its voter power, generates stacks of letters to representatives and pressures editorial boards with potential loss of circulation. There just aren't enough Jews on the planet to have that kind of impact, and, anti-Jewish rhetoric notwithstanding, the greatest concentration of power continues to rest in the same hands it has for centuries. Right-wing Christian support for Israel, motivated not by love of Jews but antipathy for us
The motivation is not "antipathy" but rather sympathy since the Jews are the People of the Book that righteous Christians believe in.
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is a threat that must be confronted, yet the major Jewish organizations have steadfastly refused to do this, because of their support of Israel. One need only recall, when the Monica Lewinsky scandal was in high gear and Bill Clinton exerted some pressure on Netanyahu to compromise with the Palestinians (eventually leading to the Wye Accords, hardly a major compromise for Israel), Netanyahu responded by coming to America and visiting his "good friend" Falwell before greeting the US President. Mere weeks later, Falwell gave a speech in which he stated that the anti-Christ would be a Jew. .

The author of this article criticizes Christians who support Israel because of their Christian beliefs.
If something is to be criticized supporters of the Palestinians are even worse.
They substitute a suffering "Achmad" (or "Ali" or whatever else) for their suffering savior.
They often seem to be imagining the existence of some kind of self-projected suffering, nice-looking, delicate featured, suntanned, "innocent" Palestinian tormented by "Zionists". [Note we said "Zionists" and  not "Jews" since in the eyes of many "liberal" Pro-Palestinians they are not anti-Jewish but rather "anti-Zionist". To be openly anti-Jewish is still unfashionable in their circles. ]
The attitude of pro-Palestinians in this matter seems awefully similar to anti-Semitic Christian "Passion" Scenes of the type beloved in Central Europe. This should not surprise us since in many cases pro-Palestinian activists are the physical and cultural inheritors of all that was bad in Medieval Times.
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Obviously, Falwell is a man with the best interests of the Jewish people at heart. This is only one small example of a much greater problem. .

It is of course a problem for Quislings that Israel receives support from others when they themselves work against their own people. The fact that Israel is assisted by the USA and that many apparent "Gentiles" are in favor of Israel seems to torment them.
May they only suffer such torment and much more of it.

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Some White supremacists, such as David Duke, have adopted a pro-Palestinian facade in order to promote their hatred of Jews. Although these characters have remained on the periphery of the movement for Palestinian rights, some of their thinking has gained more and more momentum within the movement. This is reflected in an alarming increase in the belief that Israel controls the US in regards to the Middle East, an assertion that falls apart in the face of the facts (among many good works on this point, Stephen Zunes' recent book, "Tinderbox" is one of the best, as is much of the work on this subject by Noam Chomsky) and does harken back to the sorts of Jewish conspiracy theories discussed earlier, although in many cases, people who believe this theory may be acting out of a lack of facts rather than antipathy for Jews. There is no doubt that the lobby that supports Israel is very powerful in Congress and the media activism of Israel's supporters has been remarkably effective. It is also true that, while the Christian Right may provide a lot of the financial and people-power of this activism, the Jewish groups are providing the public face and most of the leadership. it is crucial that we keep in mind that it is not always easy to know the motivations of others. Thus, it is imperative that we attack ideas of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy as anti-Semitic while being very judicious about confusing those who are misled but are truly working for what they see as justice with those who truly wish to harm Jews simply because we are Jews. .
Read the above carefully.
What is he really saying?
He is implying that anti-Semitic "Conspiracy" type propaganda borrowed from the neo-Nazi type "right wing" circles when employed by Arabs and Arab lovers against Israel is to be treated with understanding (though condemned) since the "objective" facts appear to justify it!

Notice that both right and left-wing extremists are employing "Conspiracy Theories" as weapons in the propaganda war against Israel and the West.

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For many, Jews and non-Jews as well, all of this means seeing anti-Semitism everywhere.
Anti-Semitism does exist everywhere and especially in Pro-Palestinian Cicles like the one the author belongs to.
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For some, it creates the perfect climate to shield Israel from all criticism by equating all such criticism with anti-Semitism. The process is not always so simple. Many allow certain criticisms, but draw a line beyond which lay only anti-Semitism. It is not always easy, or even possible to know what motivates the opinions of others.
Here the writer in effect admits, apparently based on his anti-Zionist activist experiences, that the motivations of many of those who work in the same direction as himself are anti-Jewish and nothing else.
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But whatever one's views on the question of Israel and Palestine, elemental reason dictates that opposition to Israel's policies, including the occupation as well as its rejection of all claims against it by the Palestinian refugees that resulted from the conflict dating back to 1948
The conflict of 1948 itself and its aftermath was largely occasioned by anti-Semitism and the resulting lust of Arabs to exterminate Jews.
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and its laws that give Jews rights above non-Jews, can and often are based on rationales that have no basis whatsoever in antipathy for Jews. The debate and discussion is a fair one to have. The situation in Palestine/Israel, while it has many elements in common with other conflicts, is also different from most in that the powerful group can easily see itself as the victim, as Jews have been for so much of our history. Progress toward reconciliation has been consistently stalled by rhetoric and name-calling. As Jews working for a future where Palestinians and Israeli Jews live together, in mutual respect, peace and security, as well against the effects of institutionalized bigotry of all kinds, it is high time that we took the fight against anti-Semitism from those who use it to legitimate policies and actions that oppress others and use it to stifle legitimate debate over issues that touch millions of lives.
The Palestinians and Arabs and many of their supporters  strive to see the end of the State of Israel and in effect the extermination of the Jews (whom they define as "Zionists") within it.
The Arabs supposedly will then be free to live in "harmony" with the corpses they will have been responsible for.
Anyone who supports the Arabs in this struggle of theirs is aligning themself with the forces of evil and deserves to be treated accordingly.
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We do this by confronting anti-Semitism where it really exists, whatever the source, and by confronting with equal vigor those, whether Jewish or not, who would dishonor the millions of people and centuries of persecution of Jews by cynically manipulating this issue for their own ends to defend policies which are antithetical to the justice and universal equality that is necessary for Jews and all other historical victims of oppression to exist in peace and security.
Read the above quotation again.
He claims that "anti-Semitism" can be combated by negating the efforts of anyone who seeks to defend the right of Jews in Israel to exist as independent sovereign Jews or even just as human beings.
In other words help the Arabs exterminate the Jews and there will no longer be any anti-Semitism since there will no longer be any Jews (sorry "Zionists"!) to be anti-Semitic towards!
To reach this conclusion he had to write a whole article. This is what his conclusion says:
They who think along his lines, says he, should combat anti-Semitism by resisting pro-Jewish and pro-Israeli forces while being tolerant towards neo-Nazi inspired left-wing ones.
It sound ridiculous I know. The author himself would no doubt deny that such were his intentions. Nevertheless, the whole article is here before us. It is written with some intelligence, some information, preparation and effort have gone into composing it and it is being distributed by members of his circle to the Media darlings who apparently think along similar lines.
The article says what we have described it as saying.
They want to destroy the State of Israel.
Many of them admit this openly.
Let us not say we were not warned.
Let us also remember that the extermination of Jews in World War 2 would have been much more difficult were it not for certain Jews who co-operated (through malice or misunderstanding) with the murderers.


All Jews and all Israelites should strengthen their belief in the Almighty, study the Torah and the rest of Scripture. We should all do what we can to strengthen the USA and Israel against their enemies including those in the Media and public Life.


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