Thursday, May 26, 2011

Anti-Semites don't grow on trees

An anti-Semite is not someone who thinks Israel should go back to the 1967 borders. To bring that accusation into the debate on the future of Israel and Palestine is inaccurate, inappropriate, intellectually lazy, counter-productive, and just plain wrong. Let’s clear this up, people who have a different view of the future of the Middle East than you don’t necessarily hate Jewish people. The ‘if you disagree with me you must hate me’ approach is understandable in the Middle East where there is a long history of mistrust and hatred, understandable but still wrong. It’s less understandable when it comes up in the United States when Americans debate American policy, and it’s still wrong. If you disagree with someone’s approach to Plestinian/Israeli issues, just say why. If someone disagrees with you, try to understand why. Let's leave the hate speech out of it.

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