For those wondering why anti-zionism is equated with anti-semitism

[richardf8]

This sermon from a Palestinian Cleric should make it clear that they ARE in fact the same

Here are some choice excerpts:

"the Jews are a virus resembling AIDS, from which the entire world suffers."

"You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations."

"We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again. The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we will rule Britain and the entire world – except for the Jews. The Jews will not enjoy a life of tranquility under our rule, because they are treacherous by nature, as they have been throughout history. The day will come when everything will be relieved of the Jews - even the stones and trees which were harmed by them. Listen to the Prophet Muhammad, who tells you about the evil end that awaits Jews. The stones and trees will want the Muslims to finish off every Jew."

With ministerial rhetoric like this, there can never be peace in the middle east. This sermon proposes Genocide.

But more than that, it not only incites strife by inflaming Palestinians. Any Jew who reads this cannot help but feel a sense of personal threat. There is a saying: "If a man comes to kill you, kill him first." Ibrahim Mudeiris has declared his intention to kill ME. MY family. And lots of people I care about. What shall I do?

And what shall Israel do? Tear down the so called "Apartheid Wall" and lay spread eagled for its rapists and attackers?

This sermon, incidentally, was delivered on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust remembrance day, and this fact did not escape the speaker.

Comments

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sure "the" Jews were behind the strife in Uzbekistan, Rwanda, Colombia, the Boxer Rebellion, etc.

From what I read in ninth grade, Muhammad was pretty sympathetic to Judaism. More so than to Christianity, whose Trinity he equated with polytheism. How did it come to pass that modern Iran lets Christians and not Jews work there? I know that harsh interpretations of the Gospels led to Christians' antagonism toward Jews, but what's the deal for Muslims? Simple competition for claiming the Holy Land?

I've forgotten the title of a movie I saw in which an American Hasid gets furious at the attainment of Israel in 1948, on the grounds that that's the Messiah's job. Apparently not all anti-zionists have been anti-Semitic.

[richardf8]

In WWII The Arab World allied itself with the Axis. They've been passing around copies of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" for ages. The animosity predates Israel's establishment.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

I figured it was before Israel's establishment, since Jews were already looking to settle there. But was WWII really the turning point?

[visservoldemort.livejournal.com]

I consider the Neturei Karta, Satmar and other fundamentalist sects that oppose Zionism on religious grounds more the exception. On the whole, the concept that Zionism is illegitimate is an anti-semitic stance, unless it is coupled with an equal belief in the illegitimacy of all modern nation-states (which, perhaps, one could claim the anti-Zionist ultra-orthodox position is.)

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

These Hamas sermons seem to be cut and pasted from a radical Islamacist phrase book, probably published in Saudi Arabia. A Hamas win in the Palestinian parliamentary elections in July would certainly cast a shadow on the peace process.