tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700711919355992456.post1815324396238129822..comments2024-01-25T08:59:00.721+02:00Comments on A Zionist Rose Among the Thorns of the World: Liberal Jews, J-Street, Violent Criminals, and TwitterJosh Weixelbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04168333779464639962noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700711919355992456.post-89852742453190246632012-12-28T05:19:13.253+02:002012-12-28T05:19:13.253+02:00"AIPAC's mission is to serve Israel's..."AIPAC's mission is to serve Israel's interests in the US." <br />This is actually wrong. AIPAC's mission is to strengthen the US- Israel relationship. They do NOT represent Israel's interests in the United States. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700711919355992456.post-44576441378716868352012-01-05T06:21:18.012+02:002012-01-05T06:21:18.012+02:00Hamas have no concern with the "Jews", H...Hamas have no concern with the "Jews", Hammas is NOT the biggest "enemy of the Jewish people" but the biggest defenders of the liberty and rights of the non-Jewish inhabitants of Palestine. <br /><br />It so happened that the Zionist movement disenfranchised the rights of this population, expelled hundreds and thousands of its sons and daughters, subjugating the rest to Israeli a merciless occupation, control and humiliation. THIS is the reason why Zionists are the target of the struggle for liberation. <br /><br />If the hate of Zionists "spills over" to the Jews of the world, this is because people confuse "Being Jewish" and "Being Zionist". If we really want to fight antisemitism, we must work together to dispel the myth that "Jew=Zionist". The atrocities committed by the Zionist are a burden on the Jewish people, not a refuge.engelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12878357452581826377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700711919355992456.post-37418924814319406802012-01-04T21:52:08.638+02:002012-01-04T21:52:08.638+02:00One can be Jewish yet not Zionist; one can be Zion...One can be Jewish yet not Zionist; one can be Zionist yet not Jewish. Very true statement. However, to the masses, a Jew=Zionist and Zionist=Jew. When your average member of Hamas fires a rocket at Southern Israel, he cares not about whether it hits a Zionist or not. He will tell you he hates Jews.<br />During the Second Lebanon War, Sheikh Hassan Nasralla stated: "I wish all the Jews of the world would congregate into Israel so as to make my life easier." While earlier leaders of Hamas may have had "nobler" intentions (of which I highly doubt anyways,) the current leadership hold no such beliefs.<br /><br />I agree that there are multiple issues at play. The one in the foreground is the fight over Israel. Hamas, as well as Fatah, are fighting Israel over all of the land. Deeper in the conflict is the religious divide. I do NOT believe that all Muslims or all Arabs hate Jews. And I'm aware that there are periods in history in which the Muslims and Jews shared peace and equality. However, the general course of history has been a hatred for Jews, nothing to do with Zionists, by the Muslims of the land. That hasn't changed today.<br /><br />There might be a fight over Israel, but tangentially connected to that fight is the hatred they have for Jews. (Though admittedly, there are some groups who simply hate Israel, but couldn't care less about Jews. They simply hate lack of Arab dominance.)<br /><br /><br />(While I stand by this, I will say: perhaps the terminology above isn't the best, but here's what I mean: a danger to Israel is a danger to the Jews. This is the Jewish Homeland. If the Jewish Homeland is lost, there will be problems for the Jews. So even if Hamas doesn't openly state hatred for the Jews, by virtue of being the biggest enemy of the Jewish State, they are the biggest enemy of the Jewish people.)Joshhttp://israelblurbs.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700711919355992456.post-75230812776595132762012-01-04T16:46:11.529+02:002012-01-04T16:46:11.529+02:00"The Jews' worst enemy are the people set..."The Jews' worst enemy are the people set on killing us. That would be Hamas, the PA, PLO, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, PFLP, DFLP, Hizbullah, Bashar Assad, Iran, the Salafis in Egypt... "<br /><br />This statement is deeply flawed. Probably not *ONE* of these groups want to kill Jews qua Jews. For example, Hizbullah is supporting the reconstruction of the old Jewish Synagogue in Beirut and its leaders have expressed their wish to encourage the Jewish community in Lebanon. Both Hamas and Iranian mullahs of the highest degree have met ultra-orthodox Jews publicly, affirming their support for the 25,000 Jews living relatively freely in Iran as you can see in this National Geographic video, the section about the Jews in Iran http://bit.ly/ssrRq7<br /><br />Sheikh Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas was always very clear about the reasons that lead him to be against ZIONISM, not against Jews per se. http://bit.ly/wHLEUd<br /><br />Many Jews in the world feel that the Zionist movement did not benefit the Jewish people. You can agree or disagree, but I think it is disinginuos confuse the controversy against Zionist ideology with blind hate against Jews qua Jews.engelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12878357452581826377noreply@blogger.com