"Jew Hatred. A Minor Problem, or Overblown?"

Chronwatch ^ | 1-4-04 | Arlene Peck

[SJackson]

For once, The Los Angeles Times actually surprised me.

This is a newspaper which for years has devoted untold pages to the promoting of Israel-baiting and anti-Semitism, but suddenly saw fit to devote two pages to the possibility that there is a possibility that ''Jews face a widening web of hate''

Golly, they even published an article written by Abraham H. Foxman who is the national director of the Anti-Defamation League and author of ''Never Again?''

''The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism.'' Wow!

Do you think that they might just be ''getting it''?

That's an unusual action, given the fact that they, the Peter Jennings of the world, the BBC, CNN, and most of the mainstream media, have done everything in their power for years to slant the news against Israel in any possible way.

Many times I watched them gleefully speak of ''Anti-Zionism'' which we all know has been a code word for plain old Jew hatred.

I’m not talking in the past, either. Sixty years ago, in pre-Holocaust days--which are looking very familiar as of late--the same signs were there.

The Jewish State has been targeted by the United Nations and the European Union continuously and singled out as a pariah state and obscenely singling it out as a ''Nazi State.'' For years, I have watched while these same press outlets who now, like a recent Newsweek, have devoted a cover and story to ''New Anti-Semitism.''

Yet, many issues gleefully reported on the terrorists bombings of Israeli civilians--after one of the mass murderers of Jewish teenagers in a disco or grandmothers and babies out for a stroll to get a pizza and then compared Israel's carefully planned and surgically executed removal of the bombers as some sort of ''tit for tat.''

We are so pitifully politically correct in this country that night after night, the news outlets are filled with nothing but the carnage that the Arabs are causing. Yet, nobody can actually mention the real root of the world's problems without being accused of being unkind and discriminating against the powerful Arab cartel.

Somehow in all this, while the Arab world is still bombing our American soldiers in ambushes that the Israelis have come to know so well, our press and president still speak of the ''Peaceful Arab nations'' Oh really? Where?

Why should I be surprised that the Arab world is still marching for Saddam when Arab fathers and grandfathers overwhelmingly supported the Nazis during World War II? I have been trying to get a marvelous book published and produced, called ''The Uriah Deadline.'' It's written by Jack Engelhard, the seasoned and highly successful author of ''Indecent Proposal.'' I thought it would a breeze.

After all, the movie with Robert Redford and Demi Moore made half a billion dollars for Paramount. I was amazed to find out from them that they were ''passing on it'' after initially loving the story. Why?

Because it deals with the bias and outright lies about Israel initiated in the newsroom every day. The bottom line: they told me that it is too political. ''They only want to produce romantic comedies now. But, the real story is that Jack’s book is just too damn favorable to Israel and that, folks, isn’t very politically correct these days.

What is it going to take to make the world see what is happening in Europe?

Do the Jews have to be placed in ghettos or wear yellow stars on their clothes, for people in France to see the signs?

Like a cancer that's fermenting, the United Nations passes another bill calling for Israel to stop its ''occupation.''

The world media continue their mantra against ''Zionism'' and we, in this country, continue to send aid to countries like Egypt who fill their children's textbooks with hate writings and accusations against the Jews in Israel.

When we're not doing that, Colin Powell or President Bush are going on television to speak about the ludicrous ''Roadmap to Hell'' that they've devised with all those great friends of the Jews like Germany and France, who we all know have such good plans for the Jews.

They still haven't gotten over the fact that Israel still stands, after they were able to push through the Trojan horse called, Oslo. Now, it's changed to ''Roadmap.''

I feel like I’m living in some sort of Orwellian period of time when it's becoming the norm that double speak like ''Zionism'' is racism, and ''Anti-Semitism'' doesn't mean Anti-Jewish.

Terrorists like Arafat receive Noble Peace prizes and the International court of justice has lost its conscience.

They've lived so long in a tangled tale of anti-Semitism that even when the IDF discovers 44 tunnels to Egypt--as they did recently--where huge quantities of sophisticated arms to be used against Israelis civilians were being carried through 24 hours a day, the evening news responds only with Israel's circle of retaliation.

I want to scream, ''No!'' It's not retaliation! It's defense for their very survival.'' But the press, the State Department, and the anti-Semites of the world are well aware of that fact. Hatred of the Jews is alive and well.

The signs are there and we have to heed them.

The Christian right is getting it--mainly because they, too, have become victims of Arab terrorism. Yet, even though they see that their churches are being torn down and a mosque built in their places, where are their protests and marches? We need all the help we can get. We're all in the same boat.

Arlene Peck is an internationally syndicated columnist and television talk show hostess. Arlene speaks regularly around the country and keeps a packed suitcase ready to GO. Her website is at www.alenepeck.com and she receives e-mail at bestredhead@earthlink.net .

[Catspaw]

On the evening of 9/11/2001, the Palestinian immigrants who owned a local gas station near my office were singing, dancing, and celebrating after 3000 or so people were murdered by Osama bin Laden and his henchman. Tell me why I should care about the Palestinians.

[Phil V.]

Tell me why I should care about the Palestinians.

ANSWER:
For the same reason that I should care about Israelis inspite of . . . uh . . . say . . . Kach/Kahane

[BenR2]

see the other thread. My gripe is with Arutz Sheva's blasphemy.

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What blasphemy is that? Not apologizing for being Jewish?

[dennisw]

Arabs are very tribalist. Jews are tribal to some extent but freely participate in Western liberal societies and have no objections to it. Can you say the same about the Mohammedans? The Jewish intermarriage rate in America is 50%. How tribal is that? Jewish leaders rightly worry about this.

There are 5 million Jews in Israel surrounded by 200 million Muslims. Which tribe do you think has the advantage? Saudi Arabians and the Paleostinians in Gaza have some of the world's highest birthrates.

Israel is only able to fend of the Arabs with the nukes in their arsenal and the Muslims darn well know it

[dennisw]

Sicker sicker sicker and more incoherent. Are you speaking in tongues?

[SF South Park Republican]

Dear Gobucks,

I was moved by your post and your desire to raise your kids to be free of anti-Semitism and anti-Arabism. I also think you were right on the money when you wrote:

"I see very few posts or links that point to reasoned solutions of what is going to be the central issue of the coming decades. I see instead immense howling and cries of "injustice" - and endless streams of information about who is dead wrong and why."

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is fueled by high-octane rage and hate on both sides which are the two serpents strangling the Laocoons of the world who are warning of the disaster this unbearably tragic situation poses to universal hopes of world peace.

My advice to you and your kids is to educate yourselves by reading books by the right, center, and left on both sides. And above all, get to know and talk to Jews and Arabs from each of these segments of opinion.

[rmlew]

80-90% of Palestinians support the destruction of Israel.
All major Palestinian organizations actively support or engage in terrorism.
Your use of a single discredited Israeli group is laughable. You may as well call the US the equivalent of the Nazis because of the KKK.

[rmlew]

No Israeli leader supports those borders.
The most agressive Nationalists simply wantthe land set aside for Israel in 1922 and the Golan Heights.

[rmlew]

America was founded by a speccific group of people. Blood does matter because history defines political culture.

[Beck_isright]

It is a major problem. And as Israel is attacked I support them or the individual Jews attacked worldwide. I now understand, after 91, 9-11, and this past year how they have felt for the last 70 years. I'm with the Jewish people, and religion doesn't have a damned thing to do with it.

[gobucks]

"It is risky business condeming tribalism, come to think of it. Don't do it." Why not? How is it risky?

BTW, I thank you for your feedback on this. But, I'm still confused. What I'm looking for is clarity about why tribalism is a GOOD thing.

[gobucks]

I have read many of your posts with particular interest. You are quite articulate, and passionate too. Yet, my post was sincere too.

So, I ask you...is teaching my kids that tribalism evil an Anti-Semitic act?

Btw, what is Stoli?

[Alouette]

is teaching my kids that tribalism evil an Anti-Semitic act?

I don't know what "tribalism" is. Do you mean racism?

[gobucks]

"Tell me why I should care about the Palestinians."

Because we are commanded to care about them, and every one else we're really angry with. Our fight is not just that we are hated by a small minority of Muslim fanatics. Our fight is that our love of freedom is a package that isn't selling very well right now in the Muslim world.

That is a spiritual fight that must be won before the hate ends. That is why obedience to that command needs to be thoughtfully considered, and implemented. We don't have to LIKE being obedient by the way....

[Alouette]

Sicker sicker sicker and more incoherent.

Absolut for Christmas.

[Fifth Business]

My gripe is with Arutz Sheva's blasphemy.

Did he say 'Jehovah?'

[gobucks]

Thank you for your comments.

I think it's relatively well known how important to Arabs the idea of marrying within the Arab tribe really is. I'm also aware of Jewish concerns regarding the intermarriage rate. But, nukes aside, the question doesn't go away.


If I teach my kids that Tribalism is evil, am I committing an Anti-Semitic act?

[gobucks]

"Blood does matter because history defines political culture."

Does blood thus define history? And, what specific group founded America? .

Before I respond to the other implications of your remark, I want to be sure I understand what you mean by "blood" and it's relationship to history...for it seems you are implying that all history is merely an amalgamation of tribal histories...

Also, you imply that teaching tribalism to kids is a good thing...do I get you right? If so, that means if I teach my kids it's evil, is that wrong? Is it Anti-Semitic?

[Chu Gary]

"Am I naive to teach this to my own kids? In fact, what I am really asking is this: if I teach my kids that tribalism is inherently evil, am I raising an Anti-Semite?"

Tribalism is not inherently evil, it's simply a fact of life in most of the world. I live part of the year in Vietnam and tribal rivalries explain much, much of the politics and friction there. The same seems true in Iraq. Heck, in the U.S. what is the joking about Yankees vs. Rednecks or the Easterners vs. the rest of the country? There are countless other examples, e.g. Mexico, but I think tribalism speaks to much of the conflict. Is that evil? I don't think so, it's more just a fact of life.

BTW, you sound like you're doing a great job of parenting.

[Catspaw]

Sorry, no. They celebrated the mass murders of our citizens in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania. Your answer isn't good enough for me to give a rat's patoot about the Palestinians.