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by Timon Dias
• September 16, 2014 at 5:00 am
"Arab
leaders are a reflection of their people. Arab leaders don't come from
Mars or the sun, they emerged from among the people and share the same
beliefs... I challenge any Arab citizen who may become a ruler to do
anything beyond what current Arab leaders are doing." — Anwar Malek,
Algerian author.
If
anyone was trying to commit "genocide" during the Gaza War, it
was clearly Hamas.
What
the protestors in the Netherlands also revealed is that a killed
Palestinian is only worth demonstrating for when the blame can be pinned
on Israel.
The
normalization and common approval of slogans that actually call for the
destruction of the entire Jewish State, Israel, contribute to an
atmosphere of hatred, violence and anti-Semitism that now seems as
acceptable as it is overt.
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July 2014: Demonstrators in The Hague chant
"Death to the Jews", while flying the black flag of jihad.
(Image source: Twitter/@SamRaalte)
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A Dutch Turkish driving school instructor, Sait Cinar, recently
posted a video on his school's Facebook page in which he said,
"Remember this, those cancerous Zionists, you have to compare them
to zombies. And do you know that to do with zombies? You shoot
them." The original Facebook page on which the video was posted had
over 70,000 "Likes" before it was removed.
In the video, Cinar pulls out his 9mm pistol and fires eleven
bullets before pulling out a .38 revolver. "But that's not
enough," he continues, while firing another two rounds from his
balcony. "You take your gun and this is how you break these
cancerous Zionists, you have to kill them, you must compare them to
zombies" Although the video was recorded in Turkey, upon Cinar's
return from Istanbul he was arrested and is now in Dutch custody on the
accusation of hate speech.
by Anne Bayefsky
• September 16, 2014 at 4:45 am
Why
couldn't the UN... sponsor a conference on combating global antisemitism?
In
theory the UN Charter demands equality of... nations large and small. In
reality the UN mass-produces inequality for Jews and the Jewish nation.
The
UN has launched a "legal" pogrom against the Jewish state. A
"legal" pogrom is a license to kill.
Modern
antisemitism targets Israel's exercise of the right of self-defense
because self-defense is the essence of sovereignty.
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Anne Bayefsky speaking at the United Nations, New
York, on September 8, 2014.
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My time is short, too short to try to emulate the diplomatic
sophistry that passes for respect in the meeting rooms of the United
Nations. So I will get right to the point.
The UN is not having a conference on the threat that global
antisemitism poses to international peace and security. This is
lunch-time. The courageous organizer, assisted by the principled
representatives of the small state of Palau, is independent of the UN.
The facilities are not free.
But why couldn't the UN, founded on the ashes of the Jewish people,
and presently witnessing a widespread resurgence in antisemitism, sponsor
a conference on combating global antisemitism?
The answer is clear. Because the United Nations itself is the
leading global purveyor of antisemitism.
Photo-ops of the UN Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights at the gates of Auschwitz are not an alibi.
by Vijeta Uniyal
• September 16, 2014 at 4:30 am
In
Europe, displays of ferocity were clearly not a "spontaneous
reaction" to the developing situation in Gaza. They were an
opportune moment for many to act on their anti-Semitism by dressing it up
as a supposedly "genuine concern" for human suffering.
In
India, youth groups rallied to show their support for Israel, a fellow
democracy under terrorist siege -- a pain known only too well by Indians,
who have lost more than 30,000 of their countrymen to terrorism since
1994.
A
majority if Indians, whose culture is not tainted by anti-Semitism, can
see that Israel not only has the right to defend itself, but an obligation
to protect its citizens from terrorism.
The
media elites of Europe seem unable to see the threat posed to the West by
radical Islamist ideology, which drives countless terrorist outfits,
including IS, Hamas and al-Qaida. They also seem unable to distinguish
their friends from their foes.
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Subramanian Swamy, an economist and prominent member
of India's ruling party, delivers a speech in support of Israel, August
3, 2014. (Image source: YouTube video screenshot)
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Even as an Indian living in Europe, with no stake in Israeli-Arab
conflict, the anti-Semitism was striking. I have often witnessed the
nuanced anti-Semitism of the intellectual elites and the crude
anti-Semitism of "the street." But I have never seen such a
frenzy of anti-Semitism on the loose as in the wake of the latest round
of hostilities between Israel and Hamas -- and in Germany of all places!
These latest displays of ferocity were clearly not a
"spontaneous reaction" to the developing situation in Gaza.
They were an opportune moment for many to act upon their
hitherto-concealed anti-Semitism by dressing it up as a supposedly
"genuine concern" for human suffering.
Meanwhile, I have also seen, however, the rising support for Israel
among the Indians in diaspora and back home in India.
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