Re: CHAT: Anti-Semitism

At 11:03 12.4.2004, Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting Joe <joe@...>:
>
> > Oh, I know that too.  Anti-semitism is a big problem in Europe, and its
> > rise is really quite worrying.  Historically anti-semitic nationalist
> > political parties (you know, the kind who think 'Hitler had the right
> > idea') have been gaining hugely, though thankfully not so much in Britain.
>
>I wouldn't be so sure Antisemitism _is_ on the rise in Europe. This survey -
>http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=206 - found it to be
>falling, and while I wouldn't take that as indisputable fact, I'm not aware of
>any much evidence it's rising either.
Perhaps they are better organized than before, or more vocal,
rather than growing in numbers.  That is worrying enough in
my opinion.

At 19:49 12.4.2004, Steg Belsky wrote:

>Of course, although not all people who criticize the Israeli government
>are antisemitic, not all people who criticize the Israeli government
>aren't antisemitic either.  Sometimes it's easy to notice the
>antisemitic ones - they have a habit of slipping up and using the terms
>"Israel"/"the Israeli government"/etc. and "The Jews" interchangeably.
However there seems to be a group of pro-Israeli-government
people who easily forget that (a) not all Israelis are
pro-Israeli-government, and that (b) not all who are against
Israeli government policies are antisemites.  I wonder where
the bluring under (b) leaves those under (a) in these people's
view...

/BP 8^)
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