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Originally Posted by Dezzy
Kind of like how the right weaponises anti-semitism to lash out at people they dislike despite the fact that right wing philosophies have a history of being hand in hand with anti-jewish attitudes, anti-semite ***** will use the suffering of the palestinian people to try to justify their own hate.
I feel sorry for the victim, he did nothing wrong but be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I hope the bigots that committed this hate crime get the full extent of the law brought down upon them. May anyone who commits such hate crimes face the same harshness.
Standing up for the people of Palestine is not the same as hating jews, I hate the Israeli government and military's wanton war crimes and abuses of human rights, as do a good section of the Israeli populace, judging by how frequently their elections end up in hung governments but that doesn't mean we should paint a religion as the problem, because the problem with the Palestine-Israel conflict is one of politics and abuse of power, not about jewish or islamic people.
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Here is a letter to The Guardian a wee while ago:
“Antisemitism is on the rise but above all it is an Islamic issue. While it is politically correct to be concerned about caricatures of Muhammad, the fact that the Qur’an calls Jews cursed, traitors, the greediest of
men, liars, corrupters and apes (to name but a few of the more nasty epithets) is never mentioned. It is not just the Israel-Palestine issue that can turn Muslims to Antisemitism. It comes straight out of the book
held to be the direct word of God – even if it also contains calls to peace.”
Professor Emanuel de Kadt
Utrecht University and Brighton