Antisemitism 2015: A Global Challenge

[Behind the Aegis]

Antisemitism presents a serious challenge for the global community today. The last decade has seen a shocking growth in antisemitic rhetoric and agitation, and routine acts of violence against Jews have returned to European cities 70 years after the Holocaust.

The battle between Israel and the Palestinians has become intractable, and the idea of a "peace process" that might finally resolve the issues is not taken as seriously as it was years ago. This fact does not bode well for Israelis or Palestinians, and given the obsessive focus on this conflict by the media and by both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activist organizations, the lack of resolution and mounting frustration is an ongoing concern for all of us.

Today, we face a major impasse in our discussions about antisemitism: Where many Jews see a new or resurgent antisemitism, non-Jews are more likely to see political protest or a backlash against Israeli actions and policies. In truth, both characterizations can be accurate depending on the specific circumstance. Increasingly, however, this chasm in perception between Jews and non-Jews about the nature of antisemitism is widening, and it is one reason why there is a distinct lack of concern about the problem on the part of the world community today.

Along with news and debate about the conflicts in the Middle East, the Internet, satellite television, and social networking via cellphone allow people across the planet to share an enormous amount of explicit antisemitic material that is, quite frankly, poisoning the relationship between humanity and the Jewish people, making an intractable conflict even more difficult to resolve. This new reality is enormously threatening to a tiny people whose parents and grandparents survived being slated for extermination in Europe 70 years ago.

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-chatterley/antisemitism-2015-a-global-challenge_b_6400620.html

[TexasProgresive]

1. I am anti the antis

We have got to stop defining ourselves by who we are against. "I'm not like (fill in the blank)." has to stop and move to "Our humanism makes us alike."

This antiism is rampant even or especially at DU. The only time we get along here is when Bush was in office.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Do what now?

Your post doesn't make a lick of sense.

[TexasProgresive]

4. Well it makes a sort of sense.

In my lifetime I have know people who are nothing special but they hate people of color, gay people, poor people, Jews, any and all middle Easterners and so forth. It is the only thing that defines them, that makes them part of a group, cause as the old saws says, "Birds of a feather, flock together, don't you know?"

All my life I have believed that people are more alike than not. I am just stupid that way but I am too old to change. So as I said I am anit-anti. People should give up on being against each other. Silly I know, but there you are.

[appalachiablue]

3. Very disturbing and I find more news through occasional European outlets than mainstream

US media. Violence in France and attacks in Europe in general seem increasing like anti-EU, anti-immigrant, anti whatever behavior and thinking. The incident of the striped shirt with the yellow star that resembled Nazi camp uniforms for Jewish prisoners, and marketed by a Spanish company (?) in no way represented an American old West sheriff's badge as they claimed after objections. I don't follow RW, hate media but anti-semitism is becoming part of social media anonymity I hear like sexism, racism, anti-govt. Jewish people and culture have benefited the US, Europe and the world. This awful time will decline soon I hope.