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In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)315. easily both could be true
        it would all depend on ones own financial status and age along with other factors education, children, married or partnered , something that is true just about anywhere
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        Yes, but anti-Netanyahu is not the same as anti-Semitism. INMO Iran deal is good for Israel
        meir34
        Aug 2015
        #440
      
        
        Of course I know that for people afflicted with decency and common sense criticism is possible...
        Troggle
        Sep 2012
        #5
      
        
        The author wrote about anti-zionist ideology, not criticism of Israel being antisemitic.
        shira
        Sep 2012
        #6
      
        
        I'd say that anti-zionists among almost all those that exist in North America, the UK and Europe
        Ken Burch
        Sep 2012
        #32
      
        
        Also, Israel cares and provides for its children, poor and elderly far better than does the US.
        JDPriestly
        Dec 2012
        #203
      
        
        Group cuts Holocaust survivors' aid by 20% also claims that 1 in 4 Israelis in poverty
        azurnoir
        Dec 2012
        #292
      
        
        thanks for linking to that post where you show that Palestinians including children
        azurnoir
        Sep 2012
        #14
      
        
        I only know about Lauren Booth because she's the sister-in-law of Tony Blair.
        LeftishBrit
        Sep 2012
        #24
      
        
        Don't know a lot about him; think he tends to be more idealistic than realistic in most of his views
        LeftishBrit
        Sep 2012
        #74
      
        
        In practice it isn't necessarily either.  And it serves no purpose to demonize non-Zionists.
        Ken Burch
        Oct 2012
        #82
      
        
        I NEVER said that anti-zionists(most of who are NOT "Jew-haters")were the ONLY ones
        Ken Burch
        Oct 2012
        #90
      
        
        I accept the apology-still, I am serious about challenging the claim that antizionist=antisemite.
        Ken Burch
        Oct 2012
        #103
      
        
        I have a serious question here. Israel is being referred to as a "Jewish state."
        rateyes
        Sep 2012
        #28
      
        
        Get back to me when an Arab or Druze PM or President is elected we'll talk then okay? 
        azurnoir
        Sep 2012
        #39
      
        
        IMO the "Arab demographic threat" is over played it was a big meme a few years back but
        azurnoir
        Sep 2012
        #40
      
        
        Portions of the Israeli population are giving a good account of themselves reproductively too.
        bemildred
        Sep 2012
        #50
      
        
        You are quite free to 'understand' whatever you wish too however I did not mention Israel
        azurnoir
        Sep 2012
        #65
      
        
        once again and your link does not address this at all how were those signs enforced?
        azurnoir
        Oct 2012
        #91
      
        
        so in your opinion Jews in the US had no political rights because they did not push the US
        azurnoir
        Oct 2012
        #94
      
        
        for the luv what exactly were Jews in the US supposed to do prior or during WW2?
        azurnoir
        Oct 2012
        #99
      
        
        signs in Fl said no Jews or dogs but then we can assume Blacks and Hispanics  were welcome right?
        azurnoir
        Dec 2012
        #261
      
        
        While I disagree with the OP (see post 15), you can't honestly regard antiwar.com and Giraldi as
        LeftishBrit
        Oct 2012
        #119
      
        
        That, in itself, is a RW talking point.  You clearly have no comprehension of what you write.
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #160
      
        
        That's not extreme RW - it reads like the Henry Wallace Progressive Party platform from '48:
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #162
      
        
        The only connection is that you put antiwar.com and David Duke into the same sentence.
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #168
      
        
        Again, if you want to be taken seriously, address the issue rather than another weak attempt at
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #175
      
        
        Sorry, but right-libertarian, anti-social-safety net, anti-welfare views are so utterly evil that we
        LeftishBrit
        Dec 2012
        #190
      
        
        You are SO off-base. Randoph Bourne was a progressive, a cultural radical, and a Socialist.
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #192
      
        
        I see your point.  But, your complaint reminds me most strongly of this by John Stuart Mill:
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #199
      
        
        If one reads Antiwar.com, and supports their right to publish, that is not "selling (Buchanan)."
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #207
      
        
        There would be little in Stormfront that I would find interesting or commendable.
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #211
      
        
        It's bad enough that we have fanatical zionists and anti-z's.  The Nazis aren't missed here.
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #213
      
        
        To paraphrase Berkeley, "if the idea is never allowed to be cited or linked, was it ever expressed?"
        leveymg
        Dec 2012
        #241
      
        
        so esentially what your seem to be saying here is that who says something is more important
        azurnoir
        Dec 2012
        #251
      
        
        Thanks shira Tony Greenstein  promotes  Ali Abunumah's statement you know the one you claim
        azurnoir
        Oct 2012
        #120
      
        
        Ben White dreams that, by the “bloodshed and sweat of martyrs”, Palestine will be free!
        shira
        Nov 2012
        #126
      
        
        What do you think he means by Zionists here?  Hint , it is not Zionist christians in the USA .
        King_David
        Dec 2012
        #139
      
        
        Meshaal may be a racist, bigoted POS, but *he didn't say what it is claimed he said*!
        delrem
        Dec 2012
        #197
      
        
        'Zionists believe the bible gives them the land they stole from the Palestinians'
        King_David
        Dec 2012
        #163
      
        
        No, it's an accurate description.  While anti-zionism need not be anti-semitic.....
        shira
        Dec 2012
        #174
      
        
        "ONLY ideology"? How many others have been tried? & If it "saves" why is there so much threat?
        patrice
        Dec 2012
        #177
      
        
        ah so you got that nasty post hidden can we please see the jury results I would really like to know
        azurnoir
        Dec 2012
        #183
      
        
        Try this group of 77 North American Rabbis -Are they all "Holocaust denial homophobic nut jobs" too?
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #227
      
        
        Why do you call it propoganda? I don't know how many anti-Zionist there are. However,
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #236
      
        
        As I have said in another post, Zionism was a movement to create a Jewish state.
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #247
      
        
        Anti-palestinians have watered "antisemitism" into meaninglessness - as camouflage
        Scootaloo
        Dec 2012
        #204
      
        
        And FreeGaza's current board all support her. In fact, Greta Berlin remains on the board.....
        shira
        Dec 2012
        #263
      
        
        Zionism was a movement to give the Jewish people a safe haven. They have that. The Zionist movement
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #246
      
        
        It isn't just a dismissal of other Jews, but a dismissal of a religion and of a democracy,
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #248
      
        
        I can't believe you would bring ethnicity into this. In fact, I am appalled.
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #255
      
        
        I am saying that others have redefined Zionism - it is not me who is defining it.
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #267
      
        
        So the Jews I know who are anti-Zionist are anti-Semitic? Bullfuckingshit. Your post is hatespeech.
        MotherPetrie
        Dec 2012
        #233
      
        
        Israel is a very successful multi-cultural nation - Muslims, Christians, Druze, Bedouins,
        Democratopia
        Dec 2012
        #269
      
        
        OMG how clever-not what you posted is a wordy rehash of the nefarious rightist line
        azurnoir
        Dec 2012
        #279
      
        
        If Hamas runs the show for a Palestinian state, that's perfectly okay with you....
        shira
        Dec 2012
        #299
      
        
        Is criticism of Israeli policies and human rights abuses anti-Zionism?
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Jan 2013
        #329
      
        
        So you choose not to answer the question, but ask a different multiple-part question?
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Jan 2013
        #331
      
        
        "The ethnic majority in Israel are colonial, thieving, ethnic cleansing, genocidal apartheidists"
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Jan 2013
        #335
      
        
        The UN and international community see it differently, but I'm sure you may
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Jan 2013
        #339
      
        
        (VIDEO) Shlomo Sand at SOAS: Israel is “a shitty nation” & “the most racist society in the world”.
        shira
        Feb 2013
        #341
      
        
        Wow. Shlomo Sand, a professor of History at Tel Aviv University believes
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Feb 2013
        #342
      
        
        There's a Palestinian journalist the pro-Palestinians here at DU cannot stand....
        shira
        Feb 2013
        #343
      
        
        Another failure by you to answer a simple question.  It's obvious all you're capable of here....
        shira
        Feb 2013
        #345
      
        
        I feel such a person is a bigot and anti-semite, much like Gilad Atzmon or Bobby Fischer.
        shira
        Feb 2013
        #347
      
        
        Some Christians like to think America was created to mitigate their persecution by GB etal
        randr
        Mar 2013
        #351
      
        
        Alice Walker recorded @ 42:10: "Zionists will no longer control our Congress".  n/t
        shira
        Jun 2013
        #367
      
        
        It's good to see that some are sweating it over the recent movement by Abbas...
        R. Daneel Olivaw
        Apr 2014
        #370
      
        
        Mondoweiss says it wouldn't be surprising Israel used actors to fake Holocaust testimony.
        shira
        Nov 2014
        #382
      
        
        Mondoweiss: Lutherans, PeaceNow & B’Tselem are "enablers of destruction of Palestine".
        shira
        Nov 2014
        #384
      
        
        Mondoweiss:"Like many Jews of conscience....you're fed-up w/ all things Jewish."
        shira
        Nov 2014
        #386
      
        
        BDS Group Spreads Photoshopped Image of Concentration Camp Inmates Holding Anti-Israel Posters
        shira
        Nov 2014
        #392
      
        
        Mondoweiss defends Hamas refusal to change grotesque, racist, genocidal charter....
        shira
        Dec 2014
        #410
      
        
        Greta Berlin of FreeGaza & ISM claims Israel behind Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris
        shira
        Jan 2015
        #417
      
        
        Mondoweiss: Doubling down with injection of truth..Terrorists = freedom fighters
        shira
        Jan 2015
        #420
      
        
        Pro-Hezbollah group #NYC2Palestine and JVP disrupted NYC council Auschwitz vote.
        shira
        Jan 2015
        #421
      
        
        Lancet Medical Journal publishes lies & incitement from David Duke & 911 supporters
        shira
        May 2015
        #433
      
        
        Gideon Levy justifies, incites more attacks on Jewish kids, elderly, pregnant women....
        shira
        Jan 2016
        #444
      
        
        I can't decide whether Jews Down Under is a hate site or not. What do you think?
        Little Tich
        Feb 2016
        #448
      
        
        Oh, the post I replied to? Forgot about that, I was too busy attacking the messenger...
        Little Tich
        Feb 2016
        #450
      
        
        But all of that is 100% true.  Try naming one thing that's false in that paragraph.  n/t
        shira
        Feb 2016
        #453
      
        
        No. You try naming one of them leftist the article is "responding" to... n/t
        Little Tich
        Feb 2016
        #454
      
        
        This is getting off-topic, but do you have a point with the 1947 partition plan?
        Little Tich
        Feb 2016
        #458
      
        
        Your being against the '47 Partition Plan shows you want the Jewish State gone...
        shira
        Feb 2016
        #459
      
        
        I'm beginning to have problems with physically navigating this mammoth of a thread.
        Little Tich
        Feb 2016
        #464
      
        
        HAMAS is the natural consequence of Zionist aggression against the farmers in Palestine..
        Bohemianwriter
        Feb 2016
        #452
      
        
        It's unconceivable that Philip Weiss is unaware of the extent of Unz's racialist ideas,
        Little Tich
        Jun 2016
        #471
      
        
        Of course Weiss knows.  Now look into Paul Craig Roberts & tell me what you find.  n/t
        shira
        Jun 2016
        #472
      
        
        Mondoweiss article deliberately incites vs. Jews, mistranslating hebrew to english...
        shira
        Jun 2016
        #467
      
        
        Mondoweiss defends antisemitic Mahmoud Abbas libel re: Rabbi poisoning water....
        shira
        Jun 2016
        #478
      
  