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Subject: Re: fundamentalism is scary


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Raisinmom
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Date Posted: 06:06:03 07/10/02 Wed
In reply to: Anne 's message, "Re: fundamentalism is scary" on 05:17:56 07/10/02 Wed
 Thanks, Anne, you demonstrate beautiful that Christians of all stripes can support Israel while simultaneously disagreeing with some of its actions.

I did want to respond to your true comment that "just because I speak out for the Palestinians DOESN'T mean I'm being anti-Semitic. There seems to be some movement, some *something* nowadays that says that anyone who doesn't jump up and down and sing the praises of Israel, or anyone who
shows the least bit of empathy for the Palestinian
people, is automatically anti-Semitic."

"What a load of hogwash."

I certainly agree that support for Palestinians, or criticism of Israel, is not automatically anti-semitic, and I am sorry to see that label applied indiscriminately
-- after all, there is plenty of real anti-semitism out there and I don't like crying wolf. Moreover, it's just unfair. On the other hand, there are definitely people whose anti-Zionism shades into anti-semitism (what Ron Rosenbaum called a "reflexive" hatred of Israel; here's the link http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=5772). This latter category is small but not insignificant and too widespread for comfort, especially in the Arab world.
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