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Amith wrote: "anti-Semitism is treated exceptionally on the left while other forms of racism are tolerated, and much if not all of the fuss is itself rooted in anti-Arab bigotry." and: " They are exaggerating anti-Semitism and going to great lengths to find it while downplaying anti-Arab sentiment. . . Should be straightforward." Spot on Amith. Since the Israeli state has lost the sympathy of people all over the world there has been a frantic effort to associate anti-Zionism and anti-semitism. The behaviour of the Israeli state is the *perfectly logical consequence* of Zionism. You can't dispossess the Palestinians and then establish a liberal, inclusive democracy for all. The state is going to be, and can only be, what it is. There is no democratic Zionism and there can't be. I doubt Tony Greenstein is overly upset by some of the things he has been called by a few people here, as he has been on the receiving end of much worlse over the years because he is a staunch anti-racist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist. The notion that he is at all anti-gay, misogynist and anti-semitic is simply risible. As for "Zio". . . It is a *political* designation - and it is a political designation of an *oppressor* state and an *oppressor* ideology, so not in any way comparable to racist terms used to describe Afro-Americans (an *oppressed* people). I am behind in reading Digests, so have only just caught up with this discussion. It seems to me that Amith has simply defended what has been the standard *basic* anti-imperialist position in relation to Israel and Zionism and anti-Arab bigotry. It should be ABC on a Marxist list. Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
