This is the reason I don’t have unmoderated comments. This is the reason that my comments policy follows the No Israel-Bashing rule.
Soccer Dad linked to a Jeff Jacoby column that discussed the UN’s obsession with Israel. Here are some of the responses to that column:
“KeLeMi” says:
First, criticizing Israel isn’t anti-Semitism.
Second, Israel was founded by displacing the indigenous population. At the beginning of the 20th century, 90% of the population of what is today Israel was Arab. After 1948, they were forced from their homes after Jews from Eastern Europe arrived. These people were descended from European tribes and had no historical connection to ancient Israel. Today Palestinians are forced to live under extremely inhumane conditions. How would you like it if a judge told you that you had to give half of your home to a stranger and let him move in, and let him run your half of the home? I wouldn’t like it. But this it what Palestinians were told about their homeland. It’s fact, not anti-Semitism. By the way, the Arabs are also Semites.
“Skinec” says:
It’s impossible to demonize such an racist and foul government. The idea that Jewish people HAVE to have their own country to be able to practice religion freely is stupis and wrong!
“Xenophon” says:
Frankly, after many years of observation I have determined that Jewish people are VERY good at picking at scabs. Fomenting trouble where there isn’t any then professing their compassion for their fellow men. I can’t remember the name of the individual at the time, but I recall a certain shrine treasured by Arabs. The Arabs were quite concerned about its sacredness. When there wasn’t any real reason to visit that shrine, this then leader of the Jewish State visited it as though thumbing his nose. I still wonder why we in the USA have a Holocaust museum. Why whatever evils are visited on Jewish people are always that baddest and worst of evils? Even in the entertainment field our American society often ridiculed under the guise of drama. Take a moment and think back and you’ll see my anaolgy of scab picking is quite appropriate. Anti-semetic? No but anti fomenters of trouble.
Hate much? And that’s only on one page.
Yeah, the comments policy is there for a reason. No, it’s never going to change. Unless anti-Semites suddenly and completely die out, in which case, well, there’d be a lot fewer people in the world.
“stupis” is a word?
“no historical connection to ancient Israel”? Accept that pesky Bible and those inconvenient Dead Sea Scrolls.
“this then leader of the Jewish State visited it as though thumbing his nose”. Yeah, he’s right! Let’s go blow something up!
Loons.
Wow, that page is remarkable. Thanks – I think – for discovering it. One guy quotes discredited academic Ilan Pappe. If you name drop, make sure the name you’re dropping doesn’t have too much baggage.
It gets even more disgusting. Over at Contentions, some antisemit (spelling intentional on my part) named Martillo has posted a link to a web-site claiming that Zionists are out to control the world economy, and that the Mumbai attack may have been orchestrated by Israel for that purpose and in order to inspire hatred against Arabs and Muslims.
The name of the site? You’re going to love this — “ethnic ashkenazim against Israel.” I guess “Protocols-spewing anti-Semitic scum” was already taken.