2007-11-20 13:36:49 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Sure - but most people on Y-A do it for these reasons
2007-11-20 13:39:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone but you :)
J/K :)
I have not seen any well thought or rational out pro-Palestinian posts here, but the pro-Israeli ones are generally extremely well thought out.
Of course, IMHO that reflects, if nothing else, at least 7 decades of striving for education versus getting none among those two population groups.
Hint: give a practical, well reasoned plan that will integrate a reluctant Palestinian population into the regional and world economy, with something to offer the world as a trading partner, besides warfare and poverty, and you will be onto something good.
Leave out any digs at Israel because the past is the past and you are writing about the future, and you will be on the verge of something great.
Let me know via email when you take a crack at it, I'd love to see it.
2007-11-20 22:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by Barry C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is possible to criticise Israel (or Israeli policy) without actually BEING anti-Semitic. Some critics of Israel are anti-Semitic, but others are not. In particular the Israeli press, and society in general, often conducts critical and intense debate on many aspects of life in the region - and can hardly be considered anti-Semitic.
Whether fair criticism is SEEN as anti-Semitic is a different question, and whether it may be represented unfairly as being anti-Semitic is yet another.
Defenders of Israel are more likely than Israel's critics to see criticism as anti-Semitic. This is especially likely if the criticism does not acknowledge what defenders see as the wider context in which Israel acts - in particular if security measures are criticised without consideration of the security threats, or if only Israeli actions are criticised without mention of "equivalent" acts by enemies of Israel.
Another factor which gives rise to a perception of anti-Semitism might be the critics' (perceived) stance on Israel's right to exist - any criticism, however reasonable it may seem, from someone committed to Israel's destruction is likely to be seen as motivated by anti-Semitism.
Some defenders of Israel feel that they cannot agree to any external criticism, and tend to label all critics with the anti-Semitic tag.
But this is a free country, so you are "allowed" to criticise Israel - fairly or otherwise - whether you are anti-Semitic or not. In similar vein, anyone can criticise you as being anti-Semitic - whether you are or not.
The world might be a better place if people did not misrepresent their opponents, but still it happens.
2007-11-20 22:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by notmyopinion 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No; but, then I am not allowed to speak against illegal immigration without be accused of being a racist.
2007-11-20 21:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is Israel the Jude state ?
Are jewish semitic ? elemental dear Watson
I am confused,-Are the arabs semitic too ?
2007-11-20 22:08:55 · answer #5 · answered by patricio 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, those whose criticism is not anti semitic.
Those who's criticism IS anti semitic will have their criticism labeled anti semitic because that's what IT IS.
2007-11-21 19:39:04 · answer #6 · answered by BMCR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Never. Not in any public forum under any circumstances.
Any suggestion that anything that any Israeli agency has ever done was anything less than perfect will immediately get you hounded and condemned for anti-semitism.
Richard
2007-11-20 21:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only if they first recognize Israels right to existence, and right to defend themselves.
2007-11-20 21:39:34 · answer #8 · answered by Marco R 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not in the political or academic arenas.
2007-11-20 21:42:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sure you can but in most cases that is true.
2007-11-20 21:40:45 · answer #10 · answered by cmdrbnd007 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋