MUST JEWS SPEAK OUT?
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I'm following on David's post below. Jonathan Freedland wrote that left rhetoric implies that
if Jews refuse to dissociate themselves from Israel, then they are fair game for abuse and attack until they publicly recant.
There are a few deep flaws in the arguments leading to this conclusion. First, to be clear, this is not left rhetoric. And it is not Muslim rhetoric. These are wrong and defamatory accusations and Freedland's examples do not build a case against any organization or speaker. Comparing Jack Straw and Galloway is ridiculous. Straw attacked a dress code associated with Islam. Galloway attacked an army committing enormous crimes. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that racist rhetoric exists on the fringe of demonstrations against Israel and that people do act on it. The...
