I find it disturbing to hear the Prime Minister of Canada linking anti-semitism to those taking action against Israeli Government policy. Yesterday in the Knesset he said that "criticism of Israeli government policy is not in and of itself necessarily anti semitic", but then he goes on to contradict, what he has just said by saying "but what else can we call criticism that selectively condemns only the Jewish State . . . What else can we call it when Israel is routinely singled out, targeted at the United Nations . . . any judgement of Israeli actions must start with this understanding." He summarized that "understanding" as follows: "This is the face of the new anti semitism, it targets the Jewish people by targeting Israel and attempts to make the old bigotry acceptable to a new generation."
What is he doing here - if it isn't an accusation of practicing discrimination based solely on race/religion by both the UN and those that oppose Israeli government policies? I know that in the case of the United Church, this is a falsehood. Decisions made by the United Church to boycott Israeli products manufactured in occupied territory were made because of Israeli government policy that deliberately enable race based discrimination with devastating consequences - I believe that you can call that "apartheid". How would the UN have any credibility if it based it's actions on race based discrimination?
Is Harper deliberately twisting the truth and muddying the waters with false accusations of anti-semitism (- mechanisms that destroy democracy)? If we don’t expose these warped lies for what they are, they will continue to fuel something that festers into the murky climate that allows dictatorial monsters to rise to power.
I am shocked by these words from a Canadian Prime Minister. This country needs a spotlight on what is happening here. Perhaps the negative reactions and outrage of those from overseas might open our eyes to what is occurring here.
Clare Atwell
What is he doing here - if it isn't an accusation of practicing discrimination based solely on race/religion by both the UN and those that oppose Israeli government policies? I know that in the case of the United Church, this is a falsehood. Decisions made by the United Church to boycott Israeli products manufactured in occupied territory were made because of Israeli government policy that deliberately enable race based discrimination with devastating consequences - I believe that you can call that "apartheid". How would the UN have any credibility if it based it's actions on race based discrimination?
Is Harper deliberately twisting the truth and muddying the waters with false accusations of anti-semitism (- mechanisms that destroy democracy)? If we don’t expose these warped lies for what they are, they will continue to fuel something that festers into the murky climate that allows dictatorial monsters to rise to power.
I am shocked by these words from a Canadian Prime Minister. This country needs a spotlight on what is happening here. Perhaps the negative reactions and outrage of those from overseas might open our eyes to what is occurring here.
Clare Atwell
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