Anti-Zionism isn’t ‘new,’ it’s just plain old Antisemitism

From JPost.com

Although their justifications shift over time, the patterns of antisemitism have remained the same for centuries, if not millennia:  It’s the same set of ideas. FELIX KLEIN (2nd R) attends an international gathering on combating antisemitism in Berlin last January. (photo credit: SEAN GALLUP/GETTY IMAGES)

FELIX KLEIN (2nd R) attends an international gathering on combating antisemitism in Berlin last January.
(photo credit: SEAN GALLUP/GETTY IMAGES)

A sentiment often heard in debates about Israel and the Middle East conflict is “I’m not antisemitic, I’m just anti-Zionist.” But what I hear when people say this is “I’m not antisemitic, I’m just antisemitic.” Yes, you read that correctly. I’m firmly convinced that anti-Zionism isn’t the “new” antisemitism because anti-Zionism is just plain antisemitism. It’s nothing innovative or particularly novel; it’s just the same old anti-Jewish hatred in a new guise.

First of all, yes, it is true that in the history of Zionism there was a discourse within the Jewish community that included voices of opposition to the project of establishing a national home for the Jewish people. Anti-Zionist Jewish voices exist today, too. But at least since the Shoah – which was not the decisive factor in the founding of Israel but nonetheless starkly demonstrated the need for a protected space for Jewish people – these voices have been marginalized.

What they often have in common today is a broader affinity for extreme positions. Many of them either occupy the leftmost extreme of the political spectrum or are religious fundamentalists. In any event, such positions are found very rarely, if at all, in the Jewish mainstream anywhere on Earth. Not all Jews are explicit Zionists, but very few are hostile to the notion of a Jewish and democratic Israel.

PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!

WATCH: Israel Uncovers Hamas Tunnel Complex, Recovers 5 Hostages’ Bodies: Did We Really Expect Them to Play Fair?

From breitbart.com

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to uncover massive Hamas tunnel complexes — some involving the sad discovery of the bodies of Israeli hostages.

On Sunday, the IDF released multiple videos of the tunnels, which were discovered by troops from the intelligence and engineering corps, and which revealed large, cavernous command rooms, toilets, and work spaces.

In a statement, the IDF said:

In recent weeks, the 551st Brigade of the 162nd Division secured control of the area of the Jabalya camp – one of Hamas’ operational centers in the Gaza Strip. The operations included fierce battles during which many terrorists were killed by IDF soldiers and hundreds of weapons were located.

As part of the operation, and following advanced intelligence, the soldiers, in cooperation with the Multidimensional Unit and the Yahalom Unit, exposed a strategic tunnel network that served as Hamas’ northern headquarters in Gaza. The underground headquarters, which included two levels – the first approximately 10 meters deep and the second dozens of meters deep. The tunnel network, with many routes, was used for directing combat and the movement of terrorists. At the depth of the military headquarters, weapons, infrastructure for manufacturing weapons, and emergency hideouts were found. The network was connected to a shaft leading to the residence of the Commander of Hamas’ Northern Brigade, Ahmad Andur. The underground network also passed beneath a school and a hospital.

In a centralized intelligence effort, led by Unit 504 of the Intelligence Directorate, the soldiers located and recovered the bodies of five hostages abducted on October 7th and brought them to be buried in Israel: Warrant Officer Ziv Dado, Sergeant Ron Sherman, Corporal Nik Beizer, Eden Zacharia, and Elia Toledano. May their memory be a blessing.

The findings were presented to the families by IDF representatives. The IDF expresses its condolences to the bereaved families and will continue to accompany them. The IDF, in cooperation with other security organizations, is continuing to act through a variety of intelligence and operational means to return the hostages.

Upon completion of this mission, the forces dismantled the subterranean headquarters. The demolition of the headquarters in Jabalya is part of the effort to deal with Hamas’ tunnel infrastructure and to strike at its senior commanders and its strategic capabilities. This effort is continuing at all times and is now being carried out in Khan Yunis and the southern Gaza Strip.

The IDF also continues to recover large caches of weapons and explosives in the Gaza Strip, including in schools. IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Saturday that Israel had found “30,000 explosive devices, including anti-tank missiles and rockets that were in Hamas’ possession.”

He added: “There is an immense amount of weaponry in Gaza, some as happened today, are found in schools. During our current operation in the Daraj-Tufah, we scanned schools and found weapons, including a significant amount of rockets and equipment belonging to Hamas’s naval commando unit. We seize the weapons, neutralizing Hamas’ terrorism capabilities.”

Hamas rocket launches into Israel have diminished, but have not stopped entirely, as the Israeli counter-offensive has advanced. 

*** I have said all along that most of the hostages had probably been tortured and murdered. Hamas are not normal people. They are more like demons.

I NEVER thought that Hamas would play by any rules. They are Barbarians and so are all those i.e. Stew Peters who call for the destruction of Israel!!

They are NOT Christians. 

I HAVE READ THAT PETERS ATTENDS A CALVARY CHAPEL CHURCH. I WONDER WHAT THE PASTOR THERE THINKS OF PETERS’ JEW HATRED? ANTIZIONISM = ANTISEMITISM!

DON’T BE FOOLED!!

COME LORD JESUS!!