Double the Standards, Double the Fun!
Judeosphere’s List of Top Ten Double Standards
On the Middle East ™
(1) Christian fundamentalists who support Israel are religious fanatics; Jewish fundamentalists who oppose Zionism are individuals of deep religious and moral conviction.
(2) Comparing Israelis to Nazis is a poignant political statement; comparing Saddam Hussein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Hitler is a gross distortion of history with the intent of demonizing foreign leaders and justifying imperialist military campaigns.
(3) Palestinian nationalism reflects the inherent right of all people to self-determination; Jewish nationalism is an archaic form of tribalism and racial supremacy.
(4) Criticizing academics that legitimize hateful stereotypes of African-Americans and Arab-Americans is a proper response from minority groups who oppose racism; criticizing academics that legitimize hateful stereotypes of Jewish-Americans is an attempt to stifle free speech.
(5) Iran has the right under international law to pursue nuclear power for peaceful purposes; any other country that pursues nuclear power is endangering the environment and increasing the risk of nuclear proliferation.
(6) Jews who cite the lessons of the Holocaust as a rationale for opposing Israel are moralists; Jews who cite the lessons of the Holocaust as a rationale for opposing authoritarian regimes in places like Yugoslavia and Iraq are neocon warmongers.
(7) Israeli policies are said to be tantamount to “genocide”; accusations of genocide in Darfur are a Zionist plot to divide the Muslim community.
(8) The war on terrorism is driven by Islamophobia; the “new anti-semitism” is a myth created to deflect legitimate criticism of Israel.
(9) Efforts to oppose anti-semitism on college campuses undermine academic freedom; academic boycotts against Israel infringe upon academic freedom but serve a greater good.
(10) Burning flags with Muslim symbols is desecration, burning the Israeli flag and the Star of David is political protest.
posted by Judeosphere @ 12:52 PM
17 Comments/Kvetches
17 Comments:
As a Welshman with a neice married to an Isreali, and with a great nephew recently born in Nabulus (As my niece says "Only a Stone throw away) I tend to keep an eye open to what is happening.
I think this original post is on target.
What a pity the lunatic left seems to find commen cause with the jihadists.
In fact when they circumsized George Galloway ( And this must have been done for him to have married under shira ) they threw the wrong bit away !
10/10 absolutely spot on.
Great post.
insightful and at times, hilarious.
'when they circumsized George Galloway ( And this must have been done for him to have married under shira ) they threw the wrong bit away !'
Or an alternative explanation is that you have to be a complete prick to be someone like George Galloway.
Good post.
I'm not Jewish myself but if i was, i would be concerned by the rising acceptance of anti-Semitism in polite , leafy circles in England.
Not a problem we have here in Australia i am proud to say but i am worried about the Mother Country.
pommygranate - I can see you've never attended a branch meeting of the ALP.
The problem is nowhere near as bad as in the UK, but it exists.
Hi JS - brilliant! Do you mind if I copy it its entirery - with all the references (reverences), of course?
Sure, Snoopy.
Cheers,
Judeosphere
Great post and horribly true. Found my way to here via Snoopy.
(11) Palestinians are excluded from voting and therefore Israel is not a Democracy; Hamas was democratically elected.
(12) Hamas was democratically elected so the West should recognize them as the rightful leaders of the Palestinians.; It doesn't matter that Hamas is ideologically committed to Israel's destruction because the Palestinians were only voting against Fatah corruption.
(13) It is wrong for Israel to use the Holocaust to gain sympathy; We should sympathize with the Palestinians, who are the true victims of the Holocaust (or the victims of the true Holocaust).
(14)The Palestinian struggle is merely an attempt to liberate the West Bank and Gaza; the West Bank is a Bantustan and Gaza is the world's largest prison.
thanks, very good article
'Hi JS - brilliant! Do you mind if I copy it its entirery - with all the references (reverences), of course? '
I have the same question. May i cut-n-paste this stuff referring to you ?
'Hamas was democratically elected.'
Hitler too
Sure, Anja. Go ahead.
Cheers,
Judeosphere
(11) The Palestinians using an ambulance for military purposes is a horrendous war crime masquerading as asymmetrical warfare; the Israelis using many times ambulances, both Israeli and Palestinian, for military purposes is -- something the American public never learns about.
(12) The Palestinians using a bomb full of nails to cause maximum damage is proof of their bestiality; the Israelis dropping the flechette (i.e., a bomb full of small darts) on civilian zones is -- something the American public never learns about.
13) The Palestinians using human shields is a display of despicable cowardice; the Israelis using Palestinian minors as young as 11 as human shields is -- something the American public never learns about.
14) The Palestinians naming a street after Saddam Hussein is proof that they're committed to destroy Israel, America, the West and beyond; the Israelis naming a village after David Raziel, a Jew who blew up a market in Haifa killing 35 Arabs, is -- something the American public never learns about.
15) The Palestinians desecrating synagogues is Muslim intolerance of other religions; the Israelis desecrating the mosque in Beersheba is -- something the American public never learns about.
Proof available on request for all of the above.
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