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Israel’s cry of anti-Semitism
29.02.2004 01:07
Israel’s cry of anti-Semitism blocks a critical dialogue
Jeff Handmaker and Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 27 February 2004
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Continued insistence on the part of the Israeli government and its advocates that critics of its policies are “anti-Semitic” is a dangerous and damaging position to hold. Continued insistence on this equation of anti-Israeli government sentiments and anti-Semitism creates a hostile atmosphere and prevents a critical dialogue on Middle East issues from a human rights perspective.
Israel is running short on legal and political justifications for its refusal to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, its policies of illegal settlements, legally-mandated torture, targeted assassinations and reprisals against innocent families and civilian communities of suspected terrorists, and others.
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