My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg

Rabbi Kaufman — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:00:13 +0000

I have been more than a bit infuriated by the left’s reaction to Richard Goldstone’s statement that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during Operation Cast Lead. In fact, I wrote two articles about it for We Are For Israel. The first, dealt with the implication of Goldstone’s retraction, namely that the major charge against Israel that the commission investigated, namely that Israel as a matter of policy intentionally targeted civilians, should be withdrawn. You can find that article here.

However, I became so infuriated when I read MJ Rosenberg’s piece in response to Goldstone’s change of heart, that I had to respond and so I wrote an article that I believe you would enjoy reading about Jew-hatred and criticism of Israel and the line between them that I believe Rosenberg and Goldstone both crossed. In it, I note ways in which criticism of Israel mirrors traditional anti-Judaism.

I believe that most Jews living today have no concept of what Jew-hatred really is. For individuals such as MJ Rosenberg to say what he does about Israel without realizing that he is simply substituting “Israel” and “Israelis” for “Jews” in age old anti-Jewish canards boggles the mind.

Rosenberg accused Israel of not caring whether or not civilians were killed because they were not Jews. The worst Jew haters in history could not have said it better. Just sick.

If you’re interested, take a look at my article.

Jew Hatred – Yourish.com

My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg