Thursday, 31 July 2008

Anti-semitism and the state of Israel 2

In the news today was a piece about there being more Anti-Semitic attacks lately

It would help if you provided a reference... where are the attacks and who is doing them?

Are the actions of Israel responsible?

There could be all sorts of reasons for the attacks in the minds of the attackers which may or may not be the real reason for their actions. For example neo-nazis may attack jews because they believe that they are part of a world wide conspiracy to destroy the white race. However their actual motivation may be that they are trying to compensate for psychological inadequacies.

Having said that it seems pretty clear to me that many of the actions of the Israeli state are objectionable and unfortunately the worldwide outrage about this has enabled anti-semitism to creep in the back door in some instances.

What about the way in which those actions are reported by our biased media?

Well different segments of the media are biased in different ways, so you would have to ask the attackers how they formed their views I think.

Are racists who attack Jewish people striking a blow for Palestinian liberation?

No, they are striking a blow for racism.

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