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17 May 2014, 11:15 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3PaCX7sjI[/youtube]

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17 May 2014, 12:04 pm

There's a follow-up by this guy. Cracking song this.

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17 May 2014, 3:02 pm

Why is it that people want to boycott Israel, but not Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, or other countries with far worse human rights violations? Does not being jewish automatically cancel out bad deeds?

Israel is a mixed-economy, which means that a boycott will hurt the people before it hurts the politicians. The rise of antisemittism in the left-wing politics is despicable. Norway's largest Marxist party, has 193 entries on Israel, but only 20 on Iran, even though the latter is causing far more headaches for the UN.

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17 May 2014, 4:28 pm

I read the thread title and judged the entire thread to be racist without watching the video.

The video pleasantly surprised me. Good show.

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17 May 2014, 5:56 pm

Kurgan wrote:

Why is it that people want to boycott Israel, but not Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, or other countries with far worse human rights violations? Does not being jewish automatically cancel out bad deeds?

Israel is a mixed-economy, which means that a boycott will hurt the people before it hurts the politicians. The rise of antisemittism in the left-wing politics is despicable. Norway's largest Marxist party, has 193 entries on Israel, but only 20 on Iran, even though the latter is causing far more headaches for the UN.

That's pretty much what it boils down to; left wing anti-semitism.

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17 May 2014, 6:59 pm

Kurgan wrote:

when was the last time those country's bombed their neighbors and actively segregated the populations?
also theres so little entries on iran because iran is not actively oppressing its neighbors

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17 May 2014, 7:14 pm

Kurgan wrote:

it has nothing to do with anti semitism, or judaiism.

Israel is a bedfellow of western capitalism, especially that of america, that, its chequered history of actively segregating the arab population from jews while denying their right to return, and dubious claims to the Palestinian's land at the cost of their existance is why it attracts a disproportionate level of criticism from the left wing.

Had the Israel project been started in the name of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism or Rastafarianism, it would still have attracted the same left wing criticism it does at the moment.

As for the video posted by the OP, it is full of so many historical oversights and non sequiturs I do not know where to start.

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17 May 2014, 7:24 pm

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Why is it that people want to boycott Israel, but not Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, or other countries with far worse human rights violations? Does not being jewish automatically cancel out bad deeds?

Israel is a mixed-economy, which means that a boycott will hurt the people before it hurts the politicians. The rise of antisemittism in the left-wing politics is despicable. Norway's largest Marxist party, has 193 entries on Israel, but only 20 on Iran, even though the latter is causing far more headaches for the UN.

That's pretty much what it boils down to; left wing anti-semitism.

It was European anti semites that concoted the Israel project in the first place.

The victors of WW2 wanted the Jews out of the way, and didn't want to have to give them sanctuary in their own countries. If anything the problem boils down to right wing anti semitism.

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17 May 2014, 7:35 pm

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Kurgan wrote:

when was the last time those country's bombed their neighbors and actively segregated the populations?
also theres so little entries on iran because iran is not actively oppressing its neighbors

False analogy. You could find a picture of anyone building a fence and compare it to Nazi Germany. Israel is exactly like a European country, except that it resides right next door to terrorists. Iran is oppressing Israel as we speak. The barrier has saved more than 1,000 lives from suicide bombers, which makes it a necessary evil. If Hamas didn't violate the ceasefire every f*cking time after a mere few weeks, there would be no need for a barrier.

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17 May 2014, 7:38 pm

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Israel is a bedfellow of western capitalism, especially that of america, that, its chequered history of actively segregating the arab population from jews while denying their right to return, and dubious claims to the Palestinian's land at the cost of their existance is why it attracts a disproportionate level of criticism from the left wing.

So the socialists hate Israel because it proves that capitalism works? Palestine never existed.

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Had the Israel project been started in the name of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism or Rastafarianism, it would still have attracted the same left wing criticism it does at the moment.

The socialists either hate the Israelites because they're jews or because the country employs a market economy.

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As for the video posted by the OP, it is full of so many historical oversights and non sequiturs I do not know where to start.

No it's not. You either need to boycott all countries with more human right violations before you boycott Israel, or you need to cut the BS and admit that you're an antisemite.

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17 May 2014, 7:40 pm

thomas81 wrote:

Raptor wrote:

Kurgan wrote:

Why is it that people want to boycott Israel, but not Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, or other countries with far worse human rights violations? Does not being jewish automatically cancel out bad deeds?

Israel is a mixed-economy, which means that a boycott will hurt the people before it hurts the politicians. The rise of antisemittism in the left-wing politics is despicable. Norway's largest Marxist party, has 193 entries on Israel, but only 20 on Iran, even though the latter is causing far more headaches for the UN.

That's pretty much what it boils down to; left wing anti-semitism.

Actually, it was late 19th century zionism that made it so that Israel was resurrected. The jews were given Israel because it originally belonged to them.

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17 May 2014, 8:13 pm

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So the socialists hate Israel because it proves that capitalism works? Palestine never existed.

No, whether or not capitalism works is for another thread. Socialists hate Israel because of its track record in seizing the lands of Palestinians who have been there for centuries and brutalising those who dare to resist. If you are going to argue that Israel has a carte blanche in orchestrating whatever it likes because the Palestinians do not historically, have a government of their own then by this logic you acquit the persecutors of the Jews since beforehand the Jews had no government either.

As for the idea that Palestine never existed, there are documents that prove the contrary:-

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The socialists either hate the Israelites because they're jews or because the country employs a market economy.

False, for the reason I just gave.

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No it's not. You either need to boycott all countries with more human right violations before you boycott Israel, or you need to cut the BS and admit that you're an antisemite.

Almost none of those countries listed in the video pack the trading efficacy of Israel or Western nations anyway. In that respect he was grasping at straws. Moreover there is a litany of reasons other than its labelled national religion to oppose Israel. Abusing the anti semite card is just how its supporters shut down criticism.

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17 May 2014, 8:17 pm

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Actually, it was late 19th century zionism that made it so that Israel was resurrected.

So what is your point?

Anti semites have wanted Jews out of their countries since before the 20th century. Thats hardly news.

The holocaust simply provided the necessary justification for making a forced exodus of two different peoples.

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The jews were given Israel because it originally belonged to them.

It 'belongs' to them in the same way that Istanbul belongs to Italy because that is where the Romans built Constantinople.

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17 May 2014, 8:24 pm

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Iran is oppressing Israel as we speak.

Yes, such oppression...

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17 May 2014, 8:34 pm

thomas81 wrote:

Raptor wrote:

Kurgan wrote:

Why is it that people want to boycott Israel, but not Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, or other countries with far worse human rights violations? Does not being jewish automatically cancel out bad deeds?

Israel is a mixed-economy, which means that a boycott will hurt the people before it hurts the politicians. The rise of antisemittism in the left-wing politics is despicable. Norway's largest Marxist party, has 193 entries on Israel, but only 20 on Iran, even though the latter is causing far more headaches for the UN.

That's pretty much what it boils down to; left wing anti-semitism.

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