Re:Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many
by bayesian_horse on Monday February 11, 2019 @05:11AM
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The difference between criticism of the Israeli government and Antisemitism is the simplification of the problem and putting the blame solely on the Israelis without making an effort.
"Apartheid state" doesn't make it better, either.
Re:Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many
by coldtea on Monday February 11, 2019 @07:18AM
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>The difference between criticism of the Israeli government and Antisemitism is the simplification of the problem and putting the blame solely on the Israelis without making an effort.
Actually antisemitism is being against Jews, and criticism of the israeli government is about particular political and military actions of a certain set of people and a certain state.
If one doesn't have a problem with e.g. Brooklyn jews, then they are not antisemites, no matter how much they disagree with Israel (which they might even believe has no right to exist).
Re:Undercover spy exposed in NYC was one of many
by eecc on Monday February 11, 2019 @06:49AM
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If you can convincingly support how misguided "Apartheid state" is then yes, I would agree. Unfortunately Israeli policy does seem to support the definition.
There's always a middleground. Never forget that a country's government and intelligence services are not its people. Just as someone criticizing the NSA or CIA or Blackwater shouldn't be assumed to hate Americans, someone criticizing Mossad or Black Cube shouldn't be assumed to hate Israeli or Jewish people.