US State Department : anti-Zionism fuels antisemitism

[Meshuga]

US State Department : anti-Zionism fuels antisemitism
21/03/2008
by Nathan Guttman Washington

A groundbreaking report compiled by the US State Department recognises anti-Zionism as a form of antisemitism and points to Arab states, European countries and even the United Nations as responsible for allowing this strain of prejudice to develop.

“Antisemitism couched as criticism of Zionism or Israel often escapes condemnation since it can be more subtle than traditional forms of antisemitism, and promoting antisemitic attitudes may not be the conscious intent of the purveyor,” the report states.

The annual report released by the State Department is intended to monitors worldwide occurrences of antisemitism and to map the contours of the problem...

http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s19&SecId=19&AId=58898&ATypeId=1

[sellitman]

1. The Left is guilty of this too.

The Demonizing of AIPAC on DU comes to mind.

[Ian David]

2. Demonizing AIPAC is different from scapegoating them.

AIPAC is being run by the neocon christian death cult. They're not MY favorite group, and I happen to be Jewish and also in favor of Israel's continued existence.

However, blaming AIPAC-- and, by extension, Israel and The Jews-- for all the ways our OWN country has fucked-up The Mid-East is simply wrong-headed and bigoted.