RE: Israeli forces kill medic, wound 100 protesters in Gaza unrest, Palestinian ministry
June 12, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Part of the problem, I think, with criticism of Israel in the West is a fear of being labelled anti-semitic. Frequently criticism of Israel has led to others immediately jumping on the "nazi" or "Jew hater" bandwagon and attempting to denigrate the person to shut them up.
It has happened to me. Once to the point where I emailed the Simon Weisenthal Centre asking them if they considered criticism of Israel to be anti-semitic (and included exactly what I had said).
To their credit they got back to me fairly promptly that what I said was not construed as anti-semitic in any way.
But you will still get Israel apologists screaming racism at anything they perceive as criticism of their favourite nation. And many people in the West, politicians in particular, avoid criticism for that reason.
And remember, every time there has been a vote to criticise Israel or impose sanctions, the US plays it's magical VETO card.
It has happened to me. Once to the point where I emailed the Simon Weisenthal Centre asking them if they considered criticism of Israel to be anti-semitic (and included exactly what I had said).
To their credit they got back to me fairly promptly that what I said was not construed as anti-semitic in any way.
But you will still get Israel apologists screaming racism at anything they perceive as criticism of their favourite nation. And many people in the West, politicians in particular, avoid criticism for that reason.
And remember, every time there has been a vote to criticise Israel or impose sanctions, the US plays it's magical VETO card.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
