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To: Olog-hai; BillyBoy
You sure have some problems if you are equating anti-Israel UKIP (an actual political party) with the grass-roots Tea Party of the USA

There's nothing inherently 'anti-Israel' in the UKIP document you provided.

16.4 UKIP fully supports the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state and recognises the despicable anti-Semitism in European history, culminating in the Holocaust. Israel is surrounded by hostile states committed to its destruction. The tiny state has been the frequent victim of rocket attacks and suicide bombings from terrorist groups, almost all deliberately targeting civilians. Israel has every right to respond with proportionate force to these attacks, and a UKIP government would do the same were Britain similarly threatened. UKIP rejects the notion that Israel should be punished through sanctions or cancellation of trade deals (such as the EU-Israel Association Agreement) for defending itself from attack.

40 posted on 08/06/2014 5:41:42 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck
Looks like you missed this bit on the seventh page:
UKIP supports the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state. UKIP rejects calls for Israel to be punished for defending itself from attack. Yet UKIP calls on Israel to continue to ensure its military actions remain proportionate and to pursue a political solution to a political problem.
Never mind this nestled in paragraph 16.5 from the 22nd page (why no highlight?)
Israel has every right to respond with proportionate force to these attacks …
Most definitely inherently anti-Semitic.

And of course, there are 16.5 and 16.6, which you seem to have deliberately ignored.
UKIP urges Israel to adopt a lasting solution based on a political dialogue and not just military strength. Political problems require political solutions. As with any genuine friend, UKIP reserves the right to be critical of Israel. We urge the Israeli army (IDF) to be proportional in its operations. UKIP is particularly concerned by the alleged use of white phosphorus on the battlefield by the IDF and by allegations of Gaza Strip blockades which hinders reconstruction. Allegations that the Israeli secret service, Mossad, stole the identities of British citizens to forge passports for a hit squad that carried out an assassination in Dubai is also deeply concerning. UKIP is an ally of Israel, as is Britain, and if the allegations are true, it would be a damaging abuse of our friendship that Israel chose to abuse the identities of nationals of a supportive country.

UKIP calls for an immediate halt to the building of new settlements considered illegal under international law.
Sounds like a word-for-word copy of liberal talking points, never mind anti-Israel propaganda.

This document cannot be found on the current UKIP website, but an absence is not a repudiation.
46 posted on 08/06/2014 7:25:40 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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