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by Alan M. Dershowitz • April 29,
2019 at 5:45 pm
- Only three quarters
of a century after Der Stürmer incentivized the mass
murder of Jews by dehumanizing them we see a revival of such
bigoted caricatures.
- I do not believe in
free speech for me, but not for thee. But I do believe in
condemning those who hide behind the First Amendment to
express anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, homophobic, sexist or
racist views.
- For years now, the New
York Times op-ed pages have been one-sidedly
anti-Israel. Its reporting has often been provably false,
and all the errors tend to favor Israel's enemies.
- Most recently, the New
York Times published an op-ed declaring, on Easter Sunday,
that the crucified Jesus was probably a Palestinian. How
absurd. How preposterous. How predictable.
For
years now, the New York Times op-ed pages have
been one-sidedly anti-Israel. Its reporting has often been provably
false, and all the errors tend to favor Israel's
enemies. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Imagine if the New York Times cartoon that depicted
Israel's Prime Minister as a dog had, instead, depicted the leader
of another ethnic or gender group in a similar manner? If you
think that is hard to imagine that you are absolutely
right. It would be inconceivable for a Times editor to have
allowed the portrayal of a Muslim leader as a dog; or the leader of
any other ethnic or gender group in so dehumanizing a manner.
What is it then about Jews that allowed such a
degrading cartoon about one of its leaders? One would think
that in light of the history of the Holocaust, which is being
commemorated this week, the last group that a main stream newspaper
would demonize by employing a caricature right out of the Nazi
playbook, would be the Jews. But, no. Only three quarters
of a century after Der Stürmer incentivized the mass murder of
Jews by dehumanizing them we see a revival of such bigoted
caricatures.
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