Between criticism and incitement

Ben-Dror Yemini

Between criticism and incitement
Op-ed: When Israel is repeatedly accused of committing genocide against Palestinians, it's not criticism but a blood libel.
Published: 05.29.14, 01:13 / Israel Opinion

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Nonetheless, there is no need for an EU document to conclude that blatant lies against Israel are not within the bounds of criticism – they are incitement. When Israel is accused, repeatedly, of committing a genocide against Palestinians – this is not criticism but rather a blood libel. When Israel is accused of being Hitler's successor, like an academic from Israel said, or when the IDF becomes Nazi because of the killing of two Palestinians, this is not criticism but rather anti-Semitism.

Unbearable lightness of turning Israel into monster

The Kristallnacht riots were not the result of criticism against Jews. They were the result of incitement. "Price tag" attacks, on the other hand, because it's not the same thing, are the result of the authors and supporters of the slanderous document "The King's Torah." A significant portion of the terror attacks, likely including the Brussels attack, are the result of brainwashing which turns foes into Satan's representatives.

The "Durban Strategy," named after a United Nations conference in the South African city of Durban, which was supposed to be against racism but turned into a march of hatred and incitement against one country – Israel, has been spreading in the West in general, and in Europe in particular, for more than a decade now. For years now, the real battlefield has been the academia, the media and the Internet. That is where the incitement is taking place. That is where many people are being brainwashed.

The combination of genocide, Palestinians and Israel yields more results in search engines than the combination of Sudan, Darfur and genocide. The result is obvious. Nearly 50% of the European Union's residents believe that Israel has waged a war of destruction against the Palestinians. They have not been exposed to criticism, they have been exposed to an industry of lies.

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