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1 posted on 06/02/2010 12:05:35 PM PDT by i88schwartz
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The Israel issue really complicates things here in New York, especially for gentile leftists who move here from other parts of the country. They are confronted with a large Jewish population that agrees with most of their ideals, but do not foam at the mouth when it comes to "Zionist Fascists" like they do. Said gentile leftists usually become increasingly embittered, delusional and resentful, and you see this on all of the local internet boards.

The other big anti-Israel faction is comprised of various "ethnic" communities, many of whom support the Palestistineans out of vestigal Third Worldism (most Latin Americans being supportive of the non-aligned movement), the one-sided nature of the ethnic/international press, or merely old school anti-semitism. The most obvious examples are Arab Americans (Muslim or Christian), but you even have cases like the Greek Americans in my area who seem to have an odd belief that the Palestineans are their "brothers", which is residual to the old allegiance against the Turks as well as a common myth that a huge number of Palestineans are fellow Orthodox Christians. If anyone can tell me of an "ethnic" community in the United States that is generally pro-Israel, I would like to know.

You then have another faction comprised of old line WASPs and PaleoCatholics who are merely resentful of Jewish influence and reflexively support the Palestinians as victims of the "Jewish cabal." This is probably the smallest group amongst the anti-Israel contingent, but they often show up on both Right and Left wing forums.

312 posted on 06/03/2010 1:04:16 PM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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They think if Israel disappears the Arabs will love us and there will be Rainbows and Unicorns wherever you go.
326 posted on 06/04/2010 1:27:04 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obama, proving Hillary right that it takes a Village Idiot.)
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