Western antisemitism at World War Two high

In the Interest of fairness, I post this. 

If it's true, it is sad and alarming. But I do not believe that being appalled at some Israeli policies is the same thing as "hating Jews." As I have said before, Israel is a nation; one to which we, the American taxpayers, give billions of dollars each year. We, therefore, have a right to speak out when we see Israel doing things we find appalling.

I haven't seem or heard that much anti-antisemitism coming from Europe and here, in America, there is far less anti-antisemitism than there was before WWII. There are, however, many more questions about Israeli policies and cooperation, or non-cooperation, toward peace in that bloody land. 

I do not here anyone totally blaming Israel. On the other hand, many of us can no longer hold them blameless.

By Stan Goodenough

Mar 16, 2010

According to figures released by the Jewish Agency, acts of Jew hatred in western Europe in 2009 were pegged at their highest level since the Second World War.

Distorted media coverage (really?) of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza at the start of last year, along with the legally-flawed Goldstone Report which charged Israel with deliberately murdering innocent civilians in that conflict, have been identified as major fanners of the ever-present — if sometimes muted — flames of international antisemitism.

The unique and unparalleled form of racism has dogged the Jewish people since the earliest days of their national existence.

Since paving the way for - and driving the forces of - the Holocaust, the tide of this prejudice has ebbed and flowed. Whereas historically the exiled Jewish people were endlessly scapegoated for the ills plaguing their host nations, since 1948 that ingrained animus has increasingly focused on the reborn nation state into which they have been  regathered.

Wait a minute. Is this guy saying that the Jews have been herded down to land that did not belong to them by the allied occupiers of that land? Is he saying that there was no Zionist movement since WWI? Is he saying that the Jewish people are being drives to this terrible unsafe land?  

The majority of anti-Israel officials, journalists and organizations strongly reject charges of bias, maintaining that criticism of Israel cannot be labelled (sic) antisemitism. (and I agree)

Their readiness to believe lies and distortions about the behavior of Israel's armed forces, the policies of Israel's governments and the intentions of Israel as a nation — however — give the lie to their protestations.

There is something seriously wrong with this!

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