http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/politics-and-murder-most-foul/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:26:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/politics-and-murder-most-foul/#comment-28184 Mulga Mumblebrain Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:48:42 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=3120#comment-28184 Actually, although this is certainly a Nazi tactic, and one used throughout time, I think its most potent and dedicated recent practitioners are the pro-Israel fundamentalists. For this crew there is no such thing as an Israeli or Jew who has ever injured another person, particularly not a Palestinian or Lebanese. Every massacre, from the Nakbah, through Qibya, Sabra and Shatilla up to Qana Mark Two in 2006 is a 'blood libel' against the Jews. Conversely Palestinians and Shia Lebanese are 'terrorist societies', intent on launching a new Holocaust, and any criticism of Israel whatsoever is prima facie evidence of 'anti-Semitism'. Believe me, in Australia this discourse is very nearly all you will find in the mass media these days, where apologias for Israel and virulent hatred of Arabs and Moslems is almost daily reaching new extremes of hysteria. Actually, although this is certainly a Nazi tactic, and one used throughout time, I think its most potent and dedicated recent practitioners are the pro-Israel fundamentalists. For this crew there is no such thing as an Israeli or Jew who has ever injured another person, particularly not a Palestinian or Lebanese. Every massacre, from the Nakbah, through Qibya, Sabra and Shatilla up to Qana Mark Two in 2006 is a ‘blood libel’ against the Jews. Conversely Palestinians and Shia Lebanese are ‘terrorist societies’, intent on launching a new Holocaust, and any criticism of Israel whatsoever is prima facie evidence of ‘anti-Semitism’. Believe me, in Australia this discourse is very nearly all you will find in the mass media these days, where apologias for Israel and virulent hatred of Arabs and Moslems is almost daily reaching new extremes of hysteria.

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