exceptionally important piece--do please read and keep in mind--NO ROOM for the disease of anti-Smitism (the flip side of Islamophobia) in the noble cause of Palestinian national liberation: It would be easy to deconstruct the official discourse and show that Israeli propaganda always plays the same game, well known in the United States too. That is, it deflects legitimate critiques of Israel toward accusations of anti-Semitism, often conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism (precisely what some anti-Semites are doing). Yet in France, a small group of people does correspond to what is generally a slanderous accusation on the part of the propaganda machine. Some individuals and groups close to the far right and supporters of anti-Semitic Dieudonné or of former leftist turned far-rightist Soral, mix with pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Islamist groups who advocate violence against Jews or the West (and in some cases Christians). This very small minority gives the pro-Israel lobby, mostly organized around CRIF in France (Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France, a French AIPAC), an opportunity to base their propaganda on a few facts: Some anti-Semitic statements are made and the confusion between Israelis, Jews and Zionists is indeed encouraged by some demonstrators.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:11:30 +0000
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