Re: Request to Mini DebConf Montreal Organizers: Fight Israel not the DC20 Team
Hello Debian Community
Criticism of the BJP government of India is not considered to be anti Hindu.
Criticism of Myanmar because of their treatment of the Rohingyas is not
considered to be anti Buddhist.
Criticism of Saudi Arabia because of their treatment of women is not
considered to be anti Muslim.
Criticism of the government of China is not considered to be anti
Confucianism, anti Taoism, ... .
So why is criticism of the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israelis
considered to antisemitism?
A BDS movement brought down the apartheid government of South Africa.
The Israelis and their supporters are fearful that a similar BDS
movement will bring down the state of Israel *as it currently exists*.
Hence the desperate attempts by the Zionists to conflate criticism of
Israel with antisemitism, the screed promoted by Felix being a case in
point.
I would suggest that those of the Debian Community who are still
following this *inappropriate thread* have a look at
https://www.ijvcanada.org/open-letter-from-canadian-academics-opposing-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/
As I said, this thread is inappropriate on this list. But it is hard not
to answer accusations of antisemitism by those fearful of the effects of
the BDS movement. And before I am accused of antisemitism I will simply
state that ever since I was in high school I have had good Jewish
friends. None of them has ever had cause to believe that I am antisemitic.
Regards
Jack
Ansgar wrote:
I think the announcement by the organizers framed the conference as
being organized specifically to support the BDS movement, a movement
that is uncontroversially seen as antisemitic. They could have chosen
not to frame the announcement this way, but they did not.
And Felix Lechner wrote
Please have a look at this report, especially the final page.
http://bit.ly/TheNewAnti-SemitesReport
Jack Warkentin, phone 902-404-0457, email jwark@bellaliant.net
39 Inverness Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3P 1X6
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