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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1239)8/3/2002 5:22:37 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 3959
 
Who are the racists?

Accusations of "anti-Semitism" in the Egyptian press do not stand up to scrutiny, writes Ibrahim Nafie

In Egypt we are used to the insidious attacks on our politicians and intellectuals unleashed by the US Zionist lobby in coordination with Zionist groups in Europe. The most salient common denominator of these campaigns is the spurious charge of anti-Semitism. And that the Egyptian press is laden with material deliberately intended to foment hatred of Jews is one of the most often repeated accusations.

As Mubarak himself has frequently pointed out, the Arabs are Semites too, rendering the allegation of anti-Semitism against us a contradiction in terms. But even on the basis of the term's imputation of racism the charge cannot stand. Racism is a mode of behaviour based on the tendency to attribute to certain ethnic groups certain intrinsic and immutable traits. Certainly, this definition does not apply to the Egyptian media, in which the bulk of what has been branded as "anti-Semitic" are, in fact, criticisms of Israeli policy and condemnations of the practices of the Israeli occupation forces.

Simultaneously, we can easily come up with dozens of utterances by political and religious leaders in Israel that fit the definition of racism to the core. Here, however, the racism is directed against Arabs, both Muslim and Christian. The hypocrisy of this situation is deplorable and demands a firm stance.
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