Jews - will you help me fight against?

Question

1. anti-semitism
2. anti-Israel's existence and demonization
3. Holocaust denial and trivialization

Please explain your views on these issues.

Non-Jews are more than welcome to join in too.

Thanks to all who participate.

Answer 1

I am Jewish and can answer that anti-semitism can be fought by haiving people mix and mingle with Jewish people and have positive experiences/ Anit Israel existence and demonization comes from thos e who want the land as it is developed and fertile compared to other Middle East areas. We must stand up for our rights and protect our country always. Holocaust denial...keep showing people the real papers and the real thing if they think it did not exist. I can tell you it did and there exist many people who suffered as a result of it who are in their 80's now and still remembering the horrors of a person and his crazy viewpoints of races.
Keep your ideas strong and your faith in who you are and what you believe in. Be proud to be part of a religion that is pure and tradtional and family -oriented. Be proud to have a history and a reason to defend it. Never let anyone take away your country , your faith or your history .

Answer 2

I am a Muslim. I respect people of all religions races and ethnicities. I believe that every child has the right to grow happily, live with a family, go to school, go to college, get a job, develop a courier, get married, have children and live happily ever after.

And yes, I do believe that the Holocaust really did happen. People who deny it, it is thier own problem.

Israel has every right to exist as was defined in 1947. It was a mistake to kick out the British in the first place, which only prompted chaos. The Arabs did not want to see such a state, and politics did not go too smoothly. Till this very day, the conflict rages on.

The consequences of tragedy that befell Lebanon, the cycle of violence in Iraq and the cycle of conflicts between the Israelis and Palestinians would prompt an dark era of extremism within the Middle East. Some say that civil wars may spill into the three states mentioned. Iraq is already experiencing a civil war.

If Israel does want to live in peace and security, their leaders must play thier roles very, very carefully. The war in Iraq only increased the number of extremists, thanks to Bush's policies. And the dominance of Iran and the Shia majority of Iraq in the region, further emphasizes the importance as to how thoughtful and considerate the Israeli leaders must be around the region.

Israel cannot directly determine the political and military environment of the Middle East. The war in Lebanon only furthered the cause of the extremists such as Hizbollah and others around the region, and new ones are popping up. The current path the Middle East is going through is very dangerous and volatile.

I hope to see the day when the Palestinians have thier own state and Israel live in peace and security. Israel can not only reach its hand to the Arabs, but to the entire Islamic world and bring up more peace and prosperity of humankind.

Consider the things I have said is in the perspective of a normal and educated Muslim.

Peace be upon you.

Answer 3

In order to do that people need to be educated...
Unfortunately people tend to generalize and i think that this is the main reason for anti semitism..If one Jew or Arab does something bad then it means that all are bad...there are good and bad people and every race and some people don’t seem to understand that...
As for the Holocaust again I think people should be educated on that matter.I have read many of the so called proof „that Holocaust never happened” and it seems to me that the arguments used don’t have any base...I think racism is again the problem here to...But we have to remember that not only Jews suffered during WW2 ...unfortunately we tend to forget that...
As for Israel ,I would never support a country that by its existence it’s denying the right of existence of millions of people...In order to exist thousand of people have been killed and millions displaced...I don’t think that the Palestinians should suffer for what happened to the Jews during WW2...And again ,we prefer to look the other way now,at what is happening in Palestine...We say we don’t want something like the Holocaust to happen and yet we do allow it again...but this time Muslims are the victims...

I am not Jew...

Answer 4

I'm not Jewish. And as an Australian I live in a country with very few Jewish residents. But I do know a lot about the history of the Jewish people, and will endeavour to... say stuff about things (and you though I was eloquent!)

Keep in mind I'm trying to provided a balanced view.

Firstly, anti-semitism is only justified (and only a tiny bit, more like being slightly disgruntled) if you are a direct descendant of the palestinian people who lived where Israel now lies; i mean, they would be a little upset they lost their land due to slightly iffy bible verses. People can argue that the land was promised by God ONLY to the original Jewish race and their descendants, most of whom longer exist. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the Israelites in the nation are immigrants from Europe fleeing persecution.

On the other hand, it was the PROMISED land. So either way.

Whether or not it should exist, I think it should. Whether it should exist where it is, that I cannot honestly say. Iran's leader president Ahmadinejad (I think that's his name, apologies if i'm wrong) was misquoted as saying he wanted Israel blown off the map, rather then his intended meaning - relocated. That in itself is a hell of a task, and to just pick up and move a 60yr old nation (or 6000, depends on your point of view) would be asinine. But yeah, I think the bible says something about the promised land extending to Turkey and taking all of Lebabnon - that to me is a crazy. Sorry for my bluntness, but I think the Israelites are a bit lucky to have what they have, given how Count Bernadotte freed some 20,000 Jews from the Germans (negotiating with Himmler, tough guy that one) and then was killed by Jewish extremists. That was pretty bad, especially as he was there to quell violence (spread peace, either/or) between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

But yes, to answer you, maybe Israel should get rid of its nuclear weapons, seeming as it hasn't signed the NPT just like India, Pakistan and North Korea. That doesn't make them look good, and by 'them' I mean the Israeli governement, the people I have no problem with, nor should I; we are all just people. Iran signed the treaty and they're getting crap from everyone, yet the US supposedly supplied Israel with their nuclear arsenal. Doesn't make the US look good either.

I won't say much about the holocaust. I believe it happened. I believe it is the greatest tragedy in history, but I also believe that similar 'ethnic-cleansing' in Africa is practically just as bad, if not worse given how we have so much more money, so much more control and knowledge of the gross mistakes of the past; nations like Australia, England and the rest of the UK and Western Europe, and of course the US. Do something!

But now I admit I did laugh hysterically at Sacha Baron Cohen's anti-semitic song "Throw The Jew Down The Well." I had it stuck in my head for days. I realise how bad this might seem, but Cohen is a Jew, and his humour is about poking fun at anything and anyone. He wanted a reaction, and although I would never consider myself anti-semitic, he got it. I concede I would have laughed just the same had the song been "Throw The Orthodox Christian Down The Well" or "Throw The Scientologist Down The Well" (I would actually have laughed more for the last one, but that's just me!)

I mean, Muslims, Christians, Jews... do we not all worship the same God? Just because we worship in different ways shouldn't make us less or more prone to violence or hatred! How do we know who or how to worship? We can't be held responsible for our religion, or more importantly the actions of those of the past. We can only affect the present. And if God truly needs us to believe in him, to have faith in him, he would have given us more reliable record keepers! The Holy Bible's a little old, like the Tanakh (hope i remembered that right) as is the Quaran. Just be a person, be good to others and whether we are judged by St. Petro or come back as tape worms in another life (Buddhism, there's another story!) I suggest to everyone that they live their lives, be happy, and see what happens when you pass from this world. If one does see anything when they die.

Sorry about the length but I was having fun writing, maybe I'll become a journalist?

Answer 5

1. anti-semitism
Sorry, but fighting against anti-semitism is like figting against gravity or trying to stop a rainstorm. try as you might gravity will exist and the rain will come down. All you need to do is read the horriffic answers to your question to realize that some people will be filled with hatred of jews their entire lives. The only way to fight anti-semitism is through application of the law against the most aggressive individuals and ownership of guns for self-protection if it ever comes down to that desperate level. Remember in WWII the English, Poles, Germans, Italians, French, Ukranians, Hungarins, Czechs all had sizable populations actively supporting the actions of the Nazi's and the killing of the jews. Even our country had active anti-semites and nazi sympathizers in WWII, and more than a few. The root - anit-semitism. Sad but true.


2. anti-Israel's existence and demonization
Israel and the United States must continue to fight this battle. Israel often ignores their enemies rantings, but prepares for war daily with stores of weapons of mass destruction. No way to fight those truly committed to the demonization and destruction of Israel and jews in general. There is a way to protect the nation and the jews through threat of force and measured application of force.

3. Holocaust denial and trivialization

These people are truly nuts. The best thing to do is ignore these people for eventually they will find no one of rreasonable intellect and good mental health will pay attention to them or tolerate their crazy thought. In fact, these people only matter if you recognize them. Ignore them...they do not exist or matter.

Answer 6

I hope that you'll find that Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and most, if not all, religions alike will be against those issues.

We all know the Holocaust happened. Well, those who aren't crazy extremists or those who are just trouble-makers here on Answers, do.

Answer 7

1-Anti-semitism is just a stupid word used by the zionists to make ppl scared and stop them from criticizing israel & its crimes against humanity and the control of jewish lobbies on the politics in the western countries,and if anti-semitism is real then it should apply also to Arabs & Muslims cause they r also a semitic race,but that does not happen,they apply it only for jews!

2- Anti-israel is the right thing ,cause israel does not have any right to be built on Palastinian land,israel is an illegal body which was planted in the middle of the Muslim world to destabaliz it,the land belong to the palastinian ppl,uk made the un issue an illegal decision & took it from the Palastinians & gave it as a gift to the jews to build a country on it!!!
3-Holocaust is something thats not 100% prooved right,but the jews r using it to keep taking political & economic support from germany & the world as a conpansation for it,
Even if it happened ,so what,milions of ppl was killed by hitlers army in ww2,not only the jews,the Arab & Muslim world suffered a lot & still suffering from this war,Egypt have millions of land mines left in its land by the germans,italy&uk,but nobody helped Egyptians to take away those mines which is causing a lot of life &economic loss every year.
plus,the jews since they came to palastine in 1948,they commited 100s of massacres against the Arabs & Muslims thats 1000 times worse than the holocaust.

Answer 8

This is the wrong place to wage your war. Your question makes me wanna puke over you.I wonder how you earned 2000+ points you bastard Zionist.

1) I am an anti-Semite. I hate Jews more than Adolf Hitler hated them (Heil Hitler).Come on, fight me you tiny chick.The max you can do is report me, go ahead

2) I do not recognize Israel. While speaking I refer as ************* Zionist state

3) I do not deny holocaust, I have seen pictures, videos and definitely do not deny holocaust. Instead I take pleasure from watching those Jews suffer. I admire the techniques used by the Nazis for large scale extermination. Can you imagine camps could kill and dispose around 25000+ in a single day with only 15-20 German SS members.I wonder how selfish those Jews were who worked in Nazi camps as labours in dumping, burning, undressing etc of Jews just for the sake of living alive a few more days. I read an article (dont remember the source) where a Jew working in Nazi camp saw the dead body of his own wife and carried it away for burning or whatever pretending like nothing has happened (This is the Jewish history and their culture). The Einsatzgruppen, I read killed about 2 million in open air shooting, and they shot into their heads. I've seen those pictures with mass graves, I do not deny Holocaust, I enjoy it. The Jews deserve one final holocaust..............

I am not an Arab, nor Palestinian, nor Lebanese, nor Iranian or whatever.

Answer 9

1. anti-semitism
If Jews stop being Racist and unfair themselves, we would not have this problem. They are not wanted because of the screw-up things they do.
2. anti-Israel's existence and demonization
Israel is an illegal state.
3. Holocaust denial and trivialization
They killed Jesus and never apologized. I have no sympathy for them.

Answer 10

They are all related. Denying Israel's right to exist, or even her right to self defense is anti Semitism. Denying the reality of the holocaust is anti Semitism. All we can do to fight it is to try to educate people. Unfortunately, bigots are usually ineducable.