Comments on: Salon Antisemitism http://blog.z-word.com/2009/03/salon-antisemitism/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 08:06:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: Lynne T http://blog.z-word.com/2009/03/salon-antisemitism/#comment-3959 Lynne T Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:25:15 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1116#comment-3959 David: Given what is well and irrefutably known about the regime in Damascus, travelling there as a tourist (as opposed to a professional there conducting investigations) is wrong. Syria is not a "secretive" place. It has long served as a despicable police state with close ties to another similarly repressive regime, Iran. It was a safe haven for Nazis and is the kind host to the leadership of Hezbollah and Hamas. It assassinates Lebanese politicians and jouralists who oppose Syria's occupation of Lebanon, which is not done for "security", but because Syria IS an expansionist state. It is also engaged in acquiring nuclear weapons capacity with the assistance of North Korea, a country that, supposedly, was disarming. David:

Given what is well and irrefutably known about the regime in Damascus, travelling there as a tourist (as opposed to a professional there conducting investigations) is wrong.

Syria is not a “secretive” place. It has long served as a despicable police state with close ties to another similarly repressive regime, Iran. It was a safe haven for Nazis and is the kind host to the leadership of Hezbollah and Hamas. It assassinates Lebanese politicians and jouralists who oppose Syria’s occupation of Lebanon, which is not done for “security”, but because Syria IS an expansionist state. It is also engaged in acquiring nuclear weapons capacity with the assistance of North Korea, a country that, supposedly, was disarming.

]]> By: David Adler http://blog.z-word.com/2009/03/salon-antisemitism/#comment-3947 David Adler Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:26:31 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1116#comment-3947 I certainly share Ben's disgust with the idea that Israel was responsible for 9/11, but I cannot agree with Koenig that there is something inherently wrong with merely traveling to a country such as Syria. The question is whether such a visit will prompt the visitor into a whitewash of the regime. But there's nothing wrong with the very notion of a visit. On the contrary, traveling to seldom-visited, secretive places can be intellectually invaluable. I certainly share Ben’s disgust with the idea that Israel was responsible for 9/11, but I cannot agree with Koenig that there is something inherently wrong with merely traveling to a country such as Syria. The question is whether such a visit will prompt the visitor into a whitewash of the regime. But there’s nothing wrong with the very notion of a visit. On the contrary, traveling to seldom-visited, secretive places can be intellectually invaluable.

]]> By: jackson Dyer http://blog.z-word.com/2009/03/salon-antisemitism/#comment-3938 jackson Dyer Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:55:50 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1116#comment-3938 Speaking of salon antisemitism I believe that the article linked to by Engage also qualifies: "Holocaust denial in the Belfast Telegraph: “There was no Holocaust”" http://engageonline.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/holocaust-denial-in-the-belfast-telegraph/#comment-1790 Speaking of salon antisemitism I believe that the article linked to by Engage also qualifies:

“Holocaust denial in the Belfast Telegraph: “There was no Holocaust””

http://engageonline.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/holocaust-denial-in-the-belfast-telegraph/#comment-1790

]]> By: English dinner party antisemitism « Engage - the anti-racist campaign against antisemitism http://blog.z-word.com/2009/03/salon-antisemitism/#comment-3917 English dinner party antisemitism « Engage - the anti-racist campaign against antisemitism Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:13:38 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=1116#comment-3917 [...] March 6, 2009 — David Hirsh By Rhoda Koenig in the New Statesman.  via Z Word. Posted in [...] […] March 6, 2009 — David Hirsh By Rhoda Koenig in the New Statesman.  via Z Word. Posted in […]

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