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Talk:New anti-Semitism/reorg

Consists of

  • Emanates from the Left rather than the Right; Phillips, Melanie. "The New Anti-Semitism," The Spectator, March 22, 2003
  • the demonization and Nazification of Jews and the state of Israel [http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/material/pub/AS/AS-WorkingDefinition-draft.pdf Working Definition of Anti-Semitism] (PDF), European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC). Accessed January 3, 2006. an argument associated with British poet Tom Paulin Hall, Sarah. [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,683739,00.html Death to Jewish settlers, says anti-Zionist poet], The Guardian, April 13, 2002. Accessed March 6, 2006. and others;
  • applying double standards by requiring of Israel behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation;
  • denying the State of Israel's right to exist as an equal member of the world community, and denying Jews the right to self-determination; Matas, David. Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism. Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2005, pp. 129-144. ISBN 1550025538
  • using the symbols and images associated with classic anti-Semitism (e.g. claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis;
  • holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the State of Israel;
  • spreading or failing to condemn wild conspiracy theories involving Jews, Zionists, and Israelis seeking to take over the world or committing mass murder or genocide (for example 9/11, Jenin); Gross, Tom. "Jeningrad: What the British media said" in Those who forget the past. Ron Rosenbaum (ed.), Random House, 2004, pp. 137-144. ISBN0812972031
  • increased levels of Arab and Muslim anti-Semitism and the excusing of it; Cohen, Nick. [http://www.nickcohen.net/?p=13 "One woman's war: anti-Semitism,"] New Statesman, October 10, 2005. "Lewis, Bernard. "Muslim Anti-Semitism" in Those who forget the past, op cit, pp. 549-62
  • denying the importance of the Holocaust; insisting that it should have no policy or political consequences; Rosenbaum, Ron. "Kidnapped by History" in Those who forget the past, op cit, pp. xv-lxviii
  • engaging in straw-man attacks, wherein Jews are alleged to claim that any and all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitism, which is then used to condemn Jewish groups as unreasonable. According to Thomas Friedman, "[c]riticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction — out of proportion to any other party in the Middle East — is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest." Friedman, Thomas. [http://pennjustice.org/Articles/campus_hypocrisy.htm Campus Hypocrisy], The New York Times, October 16, 2002; Accessed March 6, 2006.
  • a resurgence of anti-Semitic attacks worldwide, particularly in Europe; not since Kristallnacht in 1938 have so many European synagogues and Jewish schools been attacked. Strauss, Mark. "Antiglobalism's Jewish Problem" in Those who forget the past, op cit, pp. 271-85

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