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Re:German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NS... by reeses on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:27PM (#5986965)
People attacking zionism and the existence of Israel are generally being anti-semitic. MLK was correct in that accusation[1].

Does the Israeli government do things that I, as a zionist, despise? Absolutely. Does this mean that the State of Israel is illegitimate? No.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_an_Anti-Zionist_Frien... Even if one comment, taken out of context, resulted in a much more general Twain-like attribution.

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Re:German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NS... by mathieuh on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @05:27PM (#5987635)
By anti-Zionism I don't mean to imply that I am for removing all Jews from Israel or whatever. I am for a one-state solution.
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Re:German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NS... by reeses on Saturday July 06, 2013 @04:32AM (#5998339)
It's such an effed-up situation that the terms have specific, harmful, meanings. In the same sense that "african-american" refers to black people and not white, arabic, or other races, zionism has turned into a word that means "Israelis who abuse Palestinians."

It's tough enough explaining the current and historical pressures that it becomes a minefield of terminology. Zionist/anti-zionist/anti-semitic/etc. are all loaded terms that now encourage emotion over logic.

I'm not on your case, I'm feeling your pain in terms of having to use two posts and 50 words where one or two should suffice to keep people from going ballistic.

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