tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post9131252787554738329..comments2024-03-28T00:54:34.206-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Rick Salutin On Israel Apartheid Weekbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-26520681266848724272009-03-08T11:02:00.000-04:002009-03-08T11:02:00.000-04:00The Nazi Holocaust began with words. You are wron...The Nazi Holocaust began with words. You are wrong. Check your histroy.C-Nuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909341536970054822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-39656078437629215242009-03-06T12:59:00.000-05:002009-03-06T12:59:00.000-05:00The notion that Israel just needs to withdraw from...<I>The notion that Israel just needs to withdraw from the west bank, as if it wasn't tried right up until 2000, is a joke.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, right. All those comfortable, suburban-looking, southern California-style settlements spreading east of Jerusalem like ground cover really look like a valiant attempt to leave.<BR/><BR/>Too bad Israel's become so dangerous that not too many "normal Canadians" are interested in visiting it to discover how <I>apt</I> the term apartheid is. It's bad enough in Israel proper.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-81593813538011935402009-03-06T12:41:00.000-05:002009-03-06T12:41:00.000-05:00Salutin makes some valid points, but, like many pe...Salutin makes some valid points, but, like many people who feel this way, he goes too far. "Even Hamas has a (nuanced) position on living with Israel"? Give me a frigging break. The notion that Israel just needs to withdraw from the west bank, as if it wasn't tried right up until 2000, is a joke. Everything that happened since then has to be viewed in the context of the fact that Israel tried to find peace and got an intifada in return. The end result was the election of Sharon and the consequences thereof.<BR/><BR/>I think it is wrong to suggest that because our society frowns on anti-Semitism, we don't need to worry about it when it appears. Quite the contrary, it is a huge deal when there are massive protests on university campuses targeting Jews because they support Israel. There is also a big problem when well meaning people who oppose Israel protest with real, live anti-Semites, then refuse to condemn them afterwards without simultaneously condemning Israel, as if that is some sort of justification.<BR/><BR/>As a community, it is important for Jews to argue this point strenuously. We cannot accept anti-Semitism. Period. The fact that it is not as bad as it used to be does not make it any better.Jason Cherniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473304114206630747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-81111986966733293362009-03-06T12:40:00.000-05:002009-03-06T12:40:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jason Cherniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473304114206630747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-29561424900528721812009-03-06T11:57:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:57:00.000-05:00"Jews alone have no right to a homeland?" That's ..."Jews alone have no right to a homeland?" That's a tad self-serving. Ask a Kurd or any of a dozen other ethnic groups sliced and diced by two centuries of Euro colonialism.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-28278772891166133872009-03-06T11:27:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:27:00.000-05:00BCL, on this I could not disagree with you more. F...BCL, on this I could not disagree with you more. Farber of all people would never compare what's going on today with the Nazi era. Wasn't he the one who crapped all over Ryan for misusing Nazi analogies?<BR/><BR/>Salutin is just playing a dirty game by misrepresenting what was really saidLakishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902602300602452012noreply@blogger.com