| A brief history of Arab boycotts of Jews. (Not Zionists - Jews.)noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 20 Jul 04:45 AM I'm seeing some people on Twitter ask | | I'm seeing some people on Twitter ask why boycotting Israel is considered antisemitic.
One reason is that history shows that these boycotts are just a continuation of the boycotts that Arabs enacted against Jews in the decades before Israel was reborn.
Here is a list of boycott actions of Arabs against Jews - not Zionists, but Jews - between 1891 and 1945.
1891: Arabs request the Ottoman Empire not sell land to Jews. January 1915: The American Jewish Yearbook reports "At Hebron, Jewish storekeepers are boycottedby Mohammedan women." April 2, 1920, AJC: "Rosh Pinah: Thirty Arabs attack Arab workmen in fields belonging to Jewish inhabitants in endeavor to bring about boycott by Arabs against Jews." June 4, 1921: "Haifa: Arabs issue proclamation urging the populace to boycott the Jews and drive them out of their villages." 1922: Arab Congress calls on Arabs to boycott Jewish businesses in Palestine. 1924:
MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—AS in the past, the Muslim-Christian Association again expressed its opposition to the Mandate and to the very idea of the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine, and voiced its demands for the independence of Palestine. It...Read More |
From Ian: Kenneth Roth says Israel is responsible for rise in antisemitism The executive director of one of the world's leading international human rights organisations has been criticised after suggesting Israel is responsible for the rise in antisemitic incidents during the recent Gaza conflict. Writing on Twitter, Human Righst Watch director Kenneth Roth said: "Antisemitism is always wrong, and it long preceded the creation of Israel, but the surge in UK antisemitic incidents during the recent Gaza conflict gives the lie to those who pretend that the Israeli government's conduct doesn't affect antisemitism." His tweet accompanied a link to an article in Ha'aretz about the fact antisemitism rose to record levels according to data collected by the Community Security Trust. A report by CST stated that 628 antisemitic incidents were recorded during the one-period between May 8 and June 7, a rise of 365 percent over April and "the highest number CST has ever recorded in any month-long period." Mr Roth's tweet was widely condemned as people pointed out that he would not look to place the blame on any other minority community facing an increase in hate crime. Instead of apologising, he went further to defend his comments. In another tweet he said: "Interesting how many people pretend that this tweet justifies antisemitism (it doesn't and...Read More |
One of the most repeated lies made by Palestinian Arabs is that before Zionism, Jews lived in harmony with the Arabs of Palestine and throughout the Middle East.
Israel Joseph Benjamin was a Jewish explorer who traveled the world seeking to find the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel in the 19th century. He describes, in simple terms, his visits to Jewish communities worldwide.
His straightforward testimony shows how poorly Jews were treated by their Arab and Muslim neighbors.
Here he describes the situation of Jews in Palestine, whom he visited in 1847. He notes that their plight was in some ways the worst that he had seen among Jews anywhere. (Bolded highlights are mine, italics are his.)
The State of the Jews in Palestine Deep misery and continual oppression are the right words to describe the condition of the Children of Israel in the land of their fathers. — 1 comprise a short and faithful picture of their actual state under the following heads. 1) They are entirely destitute of every legal protection and every means of safety. Instead of the security afforded the law, which is unknown in these countries, they are solely under the orders of the sheiks and pachas, men, whose character and feelings inspire but little confidence from the beginning, It is only the European Consuls who frequently take care of the oppressed, and give them some protection. 2) With unheard of rapacity, tax upon tax is levied on them. With the exception of Jerusalem, every where the taxes demanded are...Read More |
Ben and Jerry's announced: We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry's ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners. We have a longstanding partnership with our licensee, who manufactures Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Israel and distributes it in the region. We have been working to change this, and so we have informed our licensee that we will not renew the license agreement when it expires at the end of next year. Although Ben & Jerry's will no longer be sold in the OPT, we will stay in Israel through a different arrangement. We will share an update on this as soon as we're ready. So Jews who live in their ancestral homelands in Judea and Samaria are banned from getting Ben and Jerry's locally - but their Arab neighbors can continue to get it.
From Brothers Supermarket in Ramallah, a sale on Ben and Jerry's for Eid al Ahda: Arabs can buy their ice cream, Jews cannot. The moral team and Ben and Jerry's don't seem to have a problem selling their goods to an entity that literally pays terrorists and their families, with citizens who cheer terror attacks, and who would love to ethnically cleanse the Jews from their homeland - and who are about to start slaughtering cows...Read More |
From Ian: Ha'aretz: What on Earth Is the Problem with a Jewish Majority in Israel? Why should the Jewish state not do what it can legally do to maintain a Jewish majority? Why do so many of its champions find it difficult to affirm what is so clearly sensible and right? Students of Israel and Zionism know that demography is destiny. Zionism has always been about creating a democratic state with a Jewish majority. The State of Israel can, and must, take appropriate steps to assure that a stable Jewish majority is maintained. Taking such steps, and being honest about your intentions, need not be inconsistent with democratic principles or with the ideals of Israel's Declaration of Independence. The loss of a Jewish majority means the end of Zionism and the disappearance of the State of Israel. The premise of Zionism is that there are many Jews who desperately want to live in a majority-Jewish state. Their eagerness is understandable, and they make no apologies for this fact. They are grateful that the State of Israel, after millennia of Jewish exile, finally enables them to do so. Israel, they remind us, was created to promote the religion, civilization and culture of the Jewish people and its dominant Jewish majority. To forcibly transfer Arab citizens out of the country would be a violation of democratic norms and international law, not to mention...Read More |
Palestine Today, the newspaper of Islamic Jihad, features video from today's visits of Jews to the Temple Mount. Dozens of settlers stormed this morning, Monday 19/7/2021, the day of Arafat, the greatest day of Hajj, in defiance and a dangerous transgression that has not occurred in the past years. The occupation forces had launched a drone over the Marwani Mosque to secure the settlers' incursions. Our correspondents reported that the intrusion comes again in clear defiance of all the feelings of Muslims in the world, and without any consideration, amid great security restrictions. Here you can see yourself how disrespectful the Jewish stormers are towards the feelings of Muslims. The "storming" is quieter than the roosters are. * * * * * *
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There was a conference on antisemitism in Jerusalem last week that received very little publicity - until Israeli opposition politicians decided to politicize it and attack Yair Lapid's speech, claiming that he tried to water down and "all lives matter" antisemitism by comparing it to other forms of hate.
He did nothing of the kind. His speech was short but excellent. His point was that what starts as antisemitism rarely ends there, and it is not only a problem for Jews but for everyone. In his words, "Antisemitism is not the first name of hate, it is its family name. "
Here's his speech: On December 27, 1944 my father was a child in the Budapest ghetto. They lived then 600 people in a smaller basement than the hall where you are now sitting. At this point they lived mostly from the meat of dead horses they found on the street. That morning his mother - my grandmother - called him and said, ′′ Tomika, you don't know that, but today is your bar-mitzvah. Your father won't come already," Grandpa at this point already died in the gas chamber at the Mauthausen concentration camp, ′′ I can't...Read More |
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