| New antisemitism survey still asks the wrong questions, and does not disprove the "horseshoe theory"noreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 04 Jun 04:45 AM F | | From The Forward: A new study is casting doubt on the idea, held by some but not most American Jews, that antisemitism is just as prevalent on the far left as it is on the far right. Though far more American Jews consider the far right as the greater antisemitic threat, some academics and Jewish leaders have embraced horseshoe theory — the idea the opposite ends of an ideological spectrum are similar — and applied it to antisemitism. Though the Anti-Defamation League, for example, has identified the far right as far more threatening to American Jews, its leader, Jonathan Greenblatt, has compared far-left critics of Israel as the "photo inverse" of the extreme right. While antisemitism on the right tends to focus on conspiracy theories about Jews being disloyal to white people or rejecting conservative values, on the left it's often tied to blaming Jews for actions undertaken by Israel. A paper published in June in the journal Political Research Quarterly found that anti-Jewish beliefs are far more popular in right-wing circles, particularly among young people. The results show that "there's a problem on the young right," said study author Eitan Hersh, an associate professor of political science at Tufts University. "It's very interesting and, I think, concerning that we have this rare form of prejudice that is more common among young people and old people. It's kind of shocking...Read More |
From Ian: Three IDF soldiers killed in shootings carried out by Egyptian policeman Two IDF soldiers were shot and killed in a security incident on the Israeli-Egyptian border early on Saturday morning, the IDF confirmed early on Saturday afternoon. An additional third soldier was killed by the same terrorist several hours later in an exchange of fire. The soldiers were identified as Sgt. Lia Ben-Nun, St.-Sgt. Uri Itzhak Ilouz and St.-Sgt. Ohad Dahan. Ben-Nun and Ilouz were found lifeless at an IDF guard post sometime after 6 a.m. by members of their team who had been sent to check on their wellbeing after they failed to respond to their radios, an initial investigation has shown. Following the discovery of their bodies, additional reinforcements arrived and a search operation was carried out in order to locate the perpetrator, who was believed to have infiltrated Israel from across the border at some point during the night. The terrorist was later confirmed by the IDF to be an Egyptian police officer. The IDF added that it and the Egyptian military were conducting a thorough investigation. Shortly after midday on Saturday, the IDF confirmed an exchange of fire between Israeli forces and the terrorist, who was killed in the exchange. During the operation, Dahan was shot and killed, and an additional soldier was lightly injured. The injured soldier was hit in his hand by shrapnel but was released from the...Read More |
From Ian: The National Antisemitism Strategy Has No Clothes There is a Hebrew maxim that reads "ve'haikar chaser min hasefer," which roughly translates to: "The essential point is missing from the argument." Or, to use more popular vernacular, "the emperor has no clothes." This, in essence, is our central critique of the recently released U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. For all its pomp and flair, the strategy misses some of the key forces driving antisemitism today and how to fight it effectively. The lengthy, 60-page document offers a multiplicity of ways to counter the world's oldest hatred. Many of these are quite positive, including its focus on beefing up security for Jewish institutions and the emphasis it places on education—a vital building block for any tolerant society. But the positives it presents make the strategy all the more dangerous, as the good it espouses lends credibility to its fundamental weaknesses. The most serious flaw is that the strategy lacks any real consideration of how anti-Zionism, the denial of the Jewish right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland, almost invariably manifests as a politically correct version of antisemitism, a version that is spiraling out of control in America today. Unfortunately, the strategy gives cover to this contemporary iteration of antisemitism. It does so by including the fringe...Read More |
I am particularly proud of most of the memes I made this week. * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here! ...Read More |
A year ago I posted newspaper articles showing that even the worst antisemites deny being antisemites. They always have a reason for hating Jews that has nothing at all about hating Jews. A neo-Nazi skinhead who said he doesn't hate Jews, just doesn't want them around anymore.
Famous firebrand radio star Rev. Charles Coughlin denied being antisemitic.
Henry Ford, who distribute the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the US, denied it as well.
Both the Soviets and Nazis (at one point) claimed they weren't antisemitic - but only anti-Zionist! Here are some other examples of how, magically, no one is antisemitic.
General George Van Horn Moseley, 1939: Charles Lindbergh's America First group, 1941: A Canadian colonel who put out a pamphlet called "Plans of the Synagogue of Satan," 1953: French political party, 1956, says they are not antisemitic but the Jews control the phone company and post office: Their insistence that they weren't antisemitic, and even in some cases making their own definitions of antisemitism to prove it, sounds very familiar nowadays. * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it...Read More |
From Ian: Leo Dee to 'Post': Considering multi-billion dollar lawsuit against CNN Dear David, We have not met, however, you may have heard about my family. My wife Lucy and two beautiful daughters, Maia (20) and Rina (15) were recently and cruelly massacred by two Palestinian gunmen while driving on their way to a holiday on the Sea of Galilee during the festival of Passover. The gunmen swerved the car off the road until it stopped and then got out of their car and shot 20 bullets into my wife's brain stem and 6th vertebra, Rina's face and Maia's leg. They all died from their wounds but not before Lucy donated all her organs to save five lives including one Muslim Arab Israeli in the North of Israel. You, I understand, have recently had the honor of becoming the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery and the tenuous honor of becoming the de facto head of CNN. As you know the founding fathers of Warner Bros. were Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack. They founded the company in 1923 and acted very bravely in the 1930s when they resisted a Hollywood ban on anti-Nazi films which was allegedly requested by Joseph Goebbels himself (chief propagandist for the Nazi Party) by way of the Nazi consul in Los Angeles, Georg Gyssling. Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack would be turning in their graves today if they knew what Warner Bros was supporting in the Middle East. CNN draws moral equivalence between victims of terror and families of killed terrorists...Read More |
By Daled Amos Last week the Biden Administration unveiled its plan to address the growing antisemitic violence that threatens Jews nationwide. No one can deny the importance of fighting antisemitism, and the attempt by the Biden Administration to formulate a plan to do this is of course a positive step. However, some issues undermine Biden's plan from the outset. One of the organizations Biden included to implement the plan is the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is not known to be friendly to Jews. On November 27, 2021, Zahra Billoo -- the executive director of CAIR in San Francisco -- described to the American Muslims for Palestine's (AMP) Annual Convention for Palestine that Zionists and their synagogues are enemies:
We need to pay attention to the Anti-Defamation League. We need to pay attention to the Jewish Federation[sic]. We need to pay attention to the Zionist synagogues. We need to pay attention to the Hillel chapters on our campuses. Just because they're your friend today doesn't mean that they have your back when it comes to human rights…know your enemies, and I'm not going to sugarcoat that they are your enemies. CAIR claimed that Billoo's comments were taken out of context and CAIR would...Read More |
Palestinian chef Joudie Kalla is quoted in the antisemitic Amnesty-UK campaign I highlighted in my last post, saying, "Showcasing my Palestinian food and heritage is a way of showing resistance to the apartheid system." Indeed, Palestinian propagandists love using the word "resistance." To Westerners, it is meant to evoke a mental picture of peaceful protests, often being violently attacked by thuggish uniformed forces.
But the word "resistance" means something entirely different to Palestinians. A Google Image search for "Palestinian resistance" in English returns 19 out of the first 20 photos showing photos of Palestinian protesters, often confronting Israeli soldiers. Only one shows a Palestinian with a weapon. But an identical search for المقاومة الفلسطينية, the Arabic translation of "Palestinian resistance," shows something entirely different: 19 out of the first 20 images show either members of militant groups or Palestinians with weapons.
In English, the phrase implies peaceful protest 95% of the time. In Arabic, the same phrase implies violent attacks 95% of the time.
Indeed, in Arabic, when the phrase is used by itself, it more often than not refers to Palestinian terror groups, which are called by default "Palestinian resistance."
One example: the abstract of this...Read More |
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