Please watch it!
Here Dr Martin Luther King Jr. shows the "antizionism" for what it is - modern antisemitism, of which one may speak without shame in Europe, in the USA, in other democratic countries....
But is it really without shame? It shouldn't be!
Many bad deeds (occasionally crimes) have been committed by authorities of democratic and developed countries. I think many more than by Israeli authorities who are certainly no saints (no authorities are). It is enough to read Israeli newspapers to find really strong criticism of Israeli authorities on whatever grounds you wish (choosing right newspaper). In contrast to all the other countries in region there is absolute freedom of speech in Israel!
Going back to antizionism - look at UK with its policy towards Ireland in 60s and war with Argentine over Falkland Islands; look at Ireland and her president being former member of terrorist organization; look at France with war in Algeria (with tortures on captives), starting war in Rwanda that finished in genocide with president Mitterand's son arrested on new years eve in West-African country for selling illegal weapons on massive scale; look at Italy with its link to Gaddafi and Libya for years; look at Russia sending girls to gulag for performance and so on and so on. I could put more examples (ALL after II WW and end of colonialism), but that serves nothing.
Still has ANYONE been calling on one of these countries to cease existing? sending all their citizens "to oven" like the lady on the movie? (exceptionally cruel thing to say considering circumstances) calling for killing all of them (like Hamas or Hezbollah or Ahmadinajed or ALL Palestinian authorities) or tolerating it conscienceless like EU? Calling for boycotting all their goods (impossible as more than half medical and IT technology would have to be banned in Europe but showing the case - even in REALLY rouge South African regime boycott was called ONLY towards firms and products of the regime and not towards artists/ scientists/ private entrepreneurs?
What antizionism is really about is treating Jews according double standards refusing them right to their country, right to self-governance, often right to live! Accusing them of plots on international scale, repeating lies of Nazis and pre-Vatican II catholic church!
So, if you are antizionist you stand for those who took people's (not only Jewish, but theirs always, they were accompanied by other victims on each and every stand and turn of history) dignity and humanity politically and than committed murder as "they were not murdering people" (Chinese in Nankin, or Philippines were not human for Japanese during II WW, Jews and Poles were not human for Nazi Germany, Indians were not human for Americans and British before up to late XIX century I would say, blacks, Jews and women were not human for many throughout history).
It is THIS mentality behind antizionism - nothing new, still awful as can be. Don't make mistake: people behind boycott-everybody movement, calling for requiring Israeli scientist to condemn their government to enter Ireland (chairman of Irish trade union), showing Israel as the first target while officially being catholic charity (Trocaire - never caring for Christians in Egypt, Syria, Nigeria, never caring for people living in regimes like Cuban or Korean or Chinese but calling for boycott of Israel where it's good to be Christian) and ANTISEMITES!!!!!
This is a blog about Israel, her history, culture, touristic as seen by outsider but fully in love with this amazing, beautiful country. It is also partly about the dialogue between Judaism and Christianity and - as this can't be avoided - a little bit about politics, but no more than is necessary
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“When Israel, the only country in the world whose very existence is under attack, is consistently and conspicuously singled out for condemnation, I believe we are morally obligated to take a stand.” by Canada's PM Harper
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