“Zionists Out of the Peace Movement”
Under the rubric of antizionism, the blogger at “zionists out of the peace movement” (http://zionistsout.blogspot.com/) tells us that “While [American Jews] may not be full blown Zionists themselves, they give prime consideration not to questions of right or wrong but to the well-being of Jews.” The blogger tells us that it is not just the zionist Jews who are wicked and cruel, but also the anti-zionist ones. I suggested the blogger therefore correct the title of his/her site to “Jews Out…” rather than “Zionists Out,” but there’s a clear purpose and market for PC antisemitism.
Here’s the comment trail on the article “Quotable: 99% of American Jewry,” (http://zionistsout.blogspot.com/2009/04/quotable-99-percent-of-american-jewry.html):
Anonymous said… since you consider 99% of jews to be zionists, i was going to ask why you don’t rename your website “jews out.” but then i remembered, you’re trying to portray yourself as not antisemitic. duh!
PeaceMonger said… The quote says, “99 percent of American Jewry identifies with the right of Jews to the Jewish state” and, as indicated in the post, it is the opinion of Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin, not me.
Anonymous said… Yes, they wrote it. But you quote it because it is your opinion. Why else would you use the quote? Should we not think that you simply use it to promote hostility towards Jews under the rubric of calling them zionists?I would love to be proved wrong.
PeaceMonger said… Actually, it’s not my opinion. Prager and Telushkin are Zionists and they don’t pretend otherwise. I think they have overestimated American Jewish support for Israel and they do not cite any sources for their claim. In any case, they don’t say that 99% of American Jews are Zionists and I don’t believe or say that either. I discussed the ambiguity in their assertion, not its validity. It is a ridiculous to assert that one necessarily subscribes to whatever opinion one quotes.
Anonymous said… of course you are agreeing with them, and in order to disguise your antisemitism as antizionism. here is why: your whole comment can be summed up in one sentence: “supposed antizionist jews are actually zionists.” which is how you rationalize your animosity towards jews. rather than rationalizing your hatred for jews on “racial” grounds, you try to rationalize it on “cultural” grounds (jewish religion, etc). that is how all “acceptable” racism appears today, as cultural racism. and that is what you are pushing.
once again, please prove me wrong.
In case the blogger didn’t clearly enough spell out that his/her animosity is directed towards Jews in general, s/he has written plenty of posts about the “evil” Jewish religion and so forth. And therefore, it is not a surprise that the site is regarded highly by the blood libel propagator Alison Weir, of “If Americans Knew” (http://www.ifamericansknew.org/) and writer of Counterpunch. (If you haven’t read Adam Holland’s well-written critique of Alison Weir’s blood libel propaganda, do take a look here and here.)
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