Why do some Jewish people insist on branding anyone that makes a negative comment about Israel, a Nazi?

Question

I respect other peoples beliefs and cultures. I do not hate anyone, nor do i wish to incite hate towards anyone.
My problem is, I find it very frustrating that some Jewish people are so overly defensive about Israel, and seem to turn on people calling them holocaust deniers etc, just because they said something slightly negative about Israel.
People say negative things about my country all the time. I may not always like what they say but I respect their freedom to form an opinion based on there own freedom of thought.

Answer 1

I have encountered this myself, and it is frustrating. It seems like total identification with the state - they make no distinction between being ethnically Jewish, belonging to the Judaic religion, and being a citizen of the state of Israel. So an attack on one is taken as being the same as an attack on the others, which is silly - it is clearly possible to hate anti-semitism and yet still, as an atheist, be critical of the teachings of Judaism, or be concerned about the activities of the secular government of the state of Israel.

Answer 2

Ce'st la vie. Countries with troubled histories often think this way. I think it's true that the Western governments are largely pro-Israel but yet the Israeli perception seems to be everyone is against them. I live in Korea, they blame everyone for everything ever most astoundingly the U.S.A for the nuclear test in N.Korea. They've had a miserable history too and a "victim mentality".

I'm not saying that the holocaust didn't happen, nor am I saying it should be forgotten. I'm just saying it's history. Victims in 1942 doesn't mean victims now. But then that's a British perspective. Many Irish still harbour resentment from hundreds of years ago, many Brits don't like the Germans etc. I think it's all perspective.

Answer 3

And what if someone did say something negative about your country that was blatantly false?
Would you not take them to task?
It is true that everyone is entitled to an opinion but that alone does not make the opinion correct.
The truth of the matter is that even though it is certianly possible to critsize Israel without it being anti semetic, a lot of cristism of Israel is, in fact, anti semetic.
One just has to be wise enough to tell the difference.
Are you?

Answer 4

Good question. It applies to others with other religions and nationalities too who can think that they are under attack.
But it's important to criticise the policies of a country and the politicians not the people. This applies to Americans as well for example, although we might strongly disagree with US foreign policy. Or anyone else. We may feel that Syrian or Iranian or British policies are wrong but we should not criticise the people in general - many Syrians, Iranians and British disagree with their countries' policies.

Answer 5

i bet you'll be reported for raising such issues. such raising's of ills towards the stolen land Israel makes one an anti Semite. I'm telling you from experience. i raised a few questions about Judaism in a genuine interest ,and am now followed by plain cloth police. they have their courts where they can take any one they like and accuse them of anti Semites and as always they win, because they are very articulate. that i must admit. they are the most intellectual of all human race.

Answer 6

I have found that most people (from any race or religion) would rather throw stones back than take honest constructive criticism to heart.

This is not a phenomenon that is exclusive to Jews.

Most people will go on the defensive when they feel (justifiably or not) that they are being "attacked".

Answer 7

People tend to think of racism as a white calling a black..but it takes many forms and these people you are talking about are racist....like you I`m live and let live but sometimes you get a little fed up with it don't you?

Answer 8

It's an easy way to fluster an opponent to win an argument. The real Nazis are the israeli government with their policies of collective punishment and herding Palestinians into ghettos.

Answer 9

They're still playing the holocaust card like some black people play the slavery one. basically, you're just jealous that us whites don't have anything to moan about (except the fact that our ancestors bullied the rest of the world)

Answer 10

I know many Jewish people and have never heard any of them call anyone a Nazi. I do not believe many Jewish people use this word lightly. Nor would you if your grandparents or family had been killed or tortured by Nazis.