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To: Suma who wrote (227126)	4/15/2007 1:20:53 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 281500

To be logical, we couldn't slip back again to that, since the state of Israel did not at the time exist (see link at bottom). But antisemitism does rise and fall (as do other forms of racism). However, I do think it is important to try to disentangle the problems people have with Israel as a state, like any other state, with the problems people have with Israel because Jews live there. If people have a problem with Israel because Jews live there, that is antisemitism. But to call people antisemitic simply because they have a problem with Israel's political decisions and actions is a form of reverse racism or prejudice- in that you essentially make it impossible to criticize Israel because Jews happen to live there. We have seen the same thing in America with black and white relations. When you start to call people with legitimate concerns racists, or antisemites, you will begin to lurch in to counterproductive territory (where, in fact, I would argue we already are). en.wikipedia.org

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