Jeffrey Goldberg explains to Human Rights Watchs Ken Roth why Israels conduct does not CAUSE anti-Semitism. Hard to believe that a man in Kens position needs to spelt out to him . Goldberg explains - It is a universal and immutable rule that the targets of prejudice are not the cause of prejudice. Just as Jews (or Jewish organizations, or the Jewish state) do not cause anti-Semitism to flare, or intensify, or even to exist, neither do black people cause racism, nor gay people homophobia, nor Muslims Islamophobia. Like all prejudices, anti-Semitism is not a rational response to observable events; it is a manifestation of irrational hatred. Its proponents justify their anti-Semitism by pointing to the (putatively offensive or repulsive) behavior of their targets, but this does not mean that major figures in the world of human-rights advocacy should accept these pathetic excuses as legitimate.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 01:00:01 +0000
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