It’s the Anti-Semitism, Stupid
September 15, 2011 16:19 by Pesach Benson
If you don’t believe that the Cairo-Jerusalem meltdown is fueled by Egyptian anti-Semitism, take note: BBC reporter Thomas Dinham describes How I was subject of anti-Semitic abuse in Cairo.
The reaction from his attacker is chilling:
While walking in the street someone pushed me from behind with such force that I nearly fell over.
Turning around, I found myself surrounded by five men, one of whom tried to punch me in the face. I stopped the attack by pointing out how shameful it was for a Muslim to assault a guest in his country, especially during Ramadan.
Relieved that a seemingly random assault was over, I was appalled by the apology offered by one of my assailants. “Sorry,” he said contritely, offering his hand, “we thought you were a Jew.”
Shaking his head in disbelief on hearing the news, an Egyptian friend sympathised: “That’s stupid, you are obviously not a Jew.”
The chilling implication I was left with was that, had I been Jewish, the assault would have apparently been justified.
This wasn’t Dinham’s only brush with anti-Semitism. Read the whole story.
Related reading: The Embassy Attack: A Damning Judgment on Egypt’s Revolution?
(Image courtesy Flickr/Hammoud)
Ivan
12:59 pm
Sep 16, 2011
So, outrage at Israel’s apartheid and oppression of the Palestinians is Anti-Semitic? Small wonder that most of the world is then “anti-Semitic.” Also quite ironic that it was Mubarak’s dictatorship which was Israel’s good friend, while the new, democratic Egypt is rightly outraged at Israel’s policies in the occupied territories. So, what’s more important, democracy or Israel?
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steve mann
4:01 pm
Sep 16, 2011
My first retort is -What apartheid! Then thinking again I feel from your comments I will talkig to a brick wall. However.
“The more I read, the more I see, the more I hear, the more I come to the conclusion that peace and recognition of, not Palestine but Israel by the Muslim world is but a dream. As long as any part of the Middle East is not Islamic then it in the long run will never be accepted- The peace with Egypt is now brittle and the people, right back to Sadat never acknowledged it hence his assassination. The people of Jordan have never really been in favour of recognising Israel as a Jewish state. The charters and covenants of the Jihadi groups all call for Israel’s demise. So when is the Western world going to admit to it- for without a doubt they all know it as do Israels` supporters. Never the less we all talk about peace, road maps, Oslo and so forth. People it is not going to happen. All that can be done is to ensure that Israel stays strong and secure. President Clinton recognised this – When giving a lecture in London UK after he came out of office- He said of Yasser Arafat-”I came to the conclusion that he agreed to a two state solution”. “One called Palestine and the other called Palestine as well” ”
So I will not answer to your total misinformed mind because these statements just go enternally around-
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steve mann
4:06 pm
Sep 16, 2011
Certainly not all ant-Israeli`s are anti-Semites-
However I can say with 100% confidence hat all anti-Semites are anti-Israeli-
It depends into which category you fall.!
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8:59 pm
Sep 18, 2011
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ben
4:05 am
Jan 28, 2012
@ivan the idiotic, dude the only people israel is apartheid to is the jews, do you know that muslim citizens in israel get large tax exemptions, preference in schooling smaller interest rates on loans and a frak load of other benefits. all to keep them happy, meanwhile jews are so screwed over in their own country that most jewish students have to save up money and travel overseas only to work their asses off to put themselves through college, for the same education muslim students get easily back in israel? how about you stop buying into all the dumbass propaganda and actually go there to see for yourself, even better go to be’er sheva, a town that is bombed almost daily by israels jew hating neighbours, with any luck you might jus get hit
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